After years of discussion, Allegheny County Jail administrators next week will implement a new family notification policy for incarcerated people who experience a medical emergency.
The new policy, distributed to Jail Oversight Board members on Wednesday, requires the jail’s onsite medical provider to follow a chain of command that allows a notification to be made to the person’s emergency contact.
The notification, the policy said, is to be made “promptly” in the event of an incarcerated person’s death, or a serious illness or serious injury that requires hospitalization…