A federal court in Harrisburg today lifted a stay, upholding its decision from earlier this week that ordered the release of 20 people currently held in immigration detention (two clients have already been released) in two county facilities in Pennsylvania.

In the wake of the global pandemic, three people detained at the Allegheny County Jail filed a federal class action lawsuit today against the county, seeking relief from the dangerous conditions putting them and others at risk of exposure to the novel coronavirus and the disease COVID-19.

A federal district court today ordered the immediate release of 22 people in civil immigration detention in two county jails in Pennsylvania, the second such ruling in the last week.

HARRISBURG - Today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied an emergency request asking for a reduction in county jail populations filed by the ACLU of Pennsylvania on behalf of the Pennsylvania Prison Society and five people detained in county jails across the commonwealth.

HARRISBURG — Today, three criminal legal reform groups issued a statement in response to Governor Tom Wolf’s failure to use his powers of reprieve to reduce the populations of Pennsylvania’s state prisons to lower the risk of the spread of COVID-19.

HARRISBURG - A federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ruled today that federal immigration authorities must immediately release the ten people who sued for their release and who remain in detention in three county facilities in the commonwealth.

HARRISBURG — The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed an emergency request asking the state Supreme Court to use its “King’s Bench” power to protect public health by ordering county common pleas courts to release some people from county jails.

HARRISBURG - Legislation delaying the Pennsylvania primary election scheduled for April 28 until June 2 passed the state General Assembly today and is expected to be signed by Governor Tom Wolf.