Attorney visits suspended at Allegheny County Jail
Attorney visits have been temporarily suspended at the Allegheny County Jail because of covid-19, county officials announced Thursday.
Instead, attorneys can confer with incarcerated clients over the phone , court administrator Christopher Conners said in a statement.
The jail has created a form for attorneys to apply to receive authorization to make the unmonitored calls.
Lawyers need to email PrivacyRequest@alleghenycourts.us for details about getting authorization to make the calls, Conners said.
Tom Davidson is a TribLive news editor. He has been a journalist in Western Pennsylvania for more than 25 years. He can be reached at tdavidson@triblive.com.
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