Officials: Female Inmate Kills Self At Allegheny County Jail
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A female inmate at the Allegheny County jail committed suicide early Tuesday morning.
Warden Orlando Harper says 33-year-old Jamie Gettings, of West Mifflin, was found hanging in her cell at 2:12 a.m. Tuesday. She was pronounced dead 15 minutes later after attempts by jail staff to resuscitate her.
Gettings is the second inmate to die at the jail this month.
Fifty-three-year-old David Black, of McKees Rocks, died early April 10 after lapsing into medical distress the
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