UPDATE 3, 04/19/2020: ACJ’s updated statistics show only five new prisoners being tested. This indicates that the inmates who had contact with the infected CO are not being tested, since there must have been far more than five of them. In addition, we have learned that Deputy Warden Laura Williams is the final arbiter of which inmates get tested for coronavirus, despite the fact that she has no medical training.
UPDATE 2: Contrary to our previous reporting, prisoners in ACJ can buy postage stamps, but the process to do so is byzantine. A family member must access the prisoner’s commissary account to buy the stamps, which are then delivered to the prisoner’s cell. We do not know how long this takes, but suspect the wait is lengthy.
UPDATE 1: Pittsburgh Current has published an article featuring a current prisoner at ACJ that confirms much of our information, and further exposes the media coverup of the Covid-19 outbreak in the jail. 60 prisoners recently wrote and signed a letter to the media, which never appeared in any outlet. In addition a second jail employee, this one a CO who had contact with prisoners, has tested positive. ACJ has updated their statistics to reflect the new data, but has not made any further announcement. No other outlets than the Current have reported on the new case.
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