FILE – This Oct. 17, 2023 file photo shows the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County jail could significantly increase its mental health staffing and provide more training about use of force and restraint after five inmates alleged that the Pennsylvania facility treats those with mental illness unfairly, under proposed settlement filed Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

The Allegheny County jail could significantly increase its mental health staffing and provide more training about use of force and restraint. This after inmates alleged that the Pennsylvania facility unfairly treats those with mental illness. A court order filed Tuesday awaits a judge’s approval. It responds to a class action filed in 2020 in federal court in the Western District of Pennsylvania by five people incarcerated at the county jail. Lawyers say mental health care in the jail was “non-existent or wholly deficient” when the lawsuit was filed, impacting intake, medication, counseling and suicide prevention.