ACJ Statistics

• 75% of the people in Allegheny County Jail have a history of drug and/or alcohol abuse or mental health issues. 48% have both.

• ACJ has the second highest rate of suicides across the 50 largest US jails.

• 81% of inmates have not been convicted of any crime.

• In 2015, ACJ had twice the national death rate of US Jails.

• Historically, deaths at ACJ occur in the first few days of arrival.