ABOUT Allegheny County Jail - 5th Avenue - CLOSED
The Allegheny County Jail - 5th Avenue - CLOSED in the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is a maximum-security facility. Because the inmates in this jail range from low level, misdemeanor offenders to those being held for violent crimes like robbery, rape and murder, the security level has to be as high as is it would be in any maximum-security state prison.
Some of the security features in this facility include security cameras, electronic detection and reinforced fencing topped with razor wire. Correctional officers in Allegheny County Jail - 5th Avenue - CLOSED are armed with mace and trained to use physical force to protect themselves and other inmates from violence.
The men and women being held in the Allegheny County Jail - 5th Avenue - CLOSED are either awaiting trial or have been sentenced in the Allegheny County Court System already and been sentenced to one year or less.
When an inmate is sentenced to a year or more, they are transferred to the Pennsylvania State Prison or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Illegal immigrants may be transferred into ICE custody and are then deported.
Inmates in the Allegheny County Jail - 5th Avenue - CLOSED are fed three meals a day totaling 2,500 calories, are allowed access to phones to contact friends and family members, are allowed at least one hour a day for exercise, have access to books, a legal library, and bathroom and shower facilities.
The inmates are allowed mail to be delivered to them as well as newspapers and magazines from trusted outside publishers.
Family and Friends of inmates are allowed to schedule a time to visit.
Information You Will Find on This Page
On this page you will find direct links to specific information that friends and family members of inmates will find very helpful and very useful:
Allegheny County Inmate Search
How to Bail out an Inmate at this jail
Inmate Phone use for this facility
Visitation Rules and Schedules - both here and online
Commissary Deposits and Inmate Accounts
Allegheny County Jail - 5th Avenue - CLOSED Inmate Mail Guidelines
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Allegheny County Jail - 5th Avenue - CLOSED
| STATE | COUNTY | BEDS |
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| Pennsylvania | Allegheny | N/A |
PHYSICAL ADDRESS
5th Avenue and Ross Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Adult Probation: 412-350-2320
Bail: 412-350-4732
Criminal Court: 412-350-5500
Pittsburgh Municipal Court: 412.350.6715
Court Pretrial Services: 412-350-4732
District Attorney: 412-350-4400
Drug Court: 412-350-7337
DUI Court: 412-350-6066
Jail (Main): 412-350-2000
Juvenile: 412-665-4114
Juvenile Court: 412-350-4590
Pittsburgh Police: 412-323-7800
Crime & Warrant Tips: 412-350-4714
Public Defender: 412-350-2401
Reentry Resources: 412-661-1670 ext. 625
Victims Help: 412-392-8582
FAX
INMATE MAIL
Inmate's First and Last Name
5th Avenue and Ross Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
webmaster.jail@alleghenycounty.us