Reposted from ACJ Health Justice
On Tuesday night, Keyshawn Givens, an inmate at Allegheny County Jail who has been awaiting trial since December 2015, was sent to a local hospital to be treated for injuries sustained from an “altercation” with another inmate.
Both the warden and deputy warden have not released any information on his condition to his family members. There are 300 cameras in the jail, and somehow, this incident was not recorded. No family members have been contacted on his position, yet it is the jails policy to do so.
Allegheny County Jail has a long history of abuse and neglect. Just a couple of years ago, ACJ had the highest national rate of deaths due to medical neglect in the U.S.
Please call in to Rich Fitzgerald and Orlando Harper’s office to voice your concerns and demand answers. Make the phone ring of the hook, his family deserves to know what has happened to their loved one.
Call-In:
Rich Fitzgerald: 412-350-6500
Email: executive@alleghenycounty.us
Warden Orlando Harper: 412-350-2000
Healthcare Services: 412-350-2201
Suggested Script:
“I am calling as a community member of Allegheny County. Keyshawn Givens’ family deserves and should know the whereabouts of their family member. I demand that the Allegheny Count Jail notify Keyshawn’s family about his medical condition. I demand to know why his “altercation” was not captured on film. I demand that Keyshawn and all inmates receive the medical care they need.”