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PITTSBURGH – Fayette County and its corrections officials have denied that they covered up an inmate worker’s injuries and subjected him to inhumane living conditions during his time of incarceration.

PITTSBURGH – An inmate worker at Fayette County Prison who was injured during a scheduled assignment says prison officials hid the extent of his injuries and subjected him to inhumane living conditions during his time of incarceration.

A former inmate of the Fayette County Prison sued the county in federal court, claiming he suffered injuries in an accident at the facility.

Fayette County will be part of a new initiative that provides Narcan at no cost to county jails across the state. During a Wednesday meeting of the Fayette County Prison Board, Sheriff James Custer said the Pennsylvania Sheriffs Association partnered with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and Vital Strategies to increase Narcan access for those returning to communities after incarceration. The sheriffs’ association, under a grant received from Bloomberg Philanthro...