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Why it Took So Long to Report a Troubling Cuyahoga Jail Death
It took Cuyahoga County 133 days to turn over bodycam footage.
Criminal Justice
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Lakewood Cops Stop Publishing Full-Body Booking Photos After Local Mugshot Page Scrapes Images
The photos attracted racist and body-shaming Facebook comments, while others pleaded with the page’s moderators to take their photos down.
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Deadly Errors: Why People Keep Dying Inside Cuyahoga County’s Jail
Jail administrators fail to fix mistakes that continue to cost lives, an analysis of state records by The Marshall Project – Cleveland shows.
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Getting a Single Parking Ticket in Lorain Led Hundreds to Lose Their Driver’s Licenses
A Marshall Project – Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
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‘It Was Chaos’: How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to Put an End to Rising Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
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Trumbull County Sheriff Will Now Lead Investigation Into Cleveland Woman’s Restraint Death
Amid criticism by the family of Tasha Grant and calls for an independent probe, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department changed its stance
Posted inOhio News
Ohio Lawmakers Propose Bill to Track Pregnancy Outcomes in Jails and Prisons
A Marshall Project – Cleveland and News 5 investigation helped spark a bipartisan bill to track pregnancy outcomes in Ohio jails and prisons.
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Bobby George Criminal Case Looks to End With Plea to Single Charge of Attempted Strangulation
“This says everything you need to know about the initial charges and the people who brought them,” George’s legal team told Scene.
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Ohio Prisons Expand Intrusive Opening and Reading of Confidential Legal Mail
A lawsuit argues that incarcerated people seeking legal advice on sensitive matters should be free from eavesdropping mailroom staff.
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‘A Significant Failure’: Experts Cite Mistakes in Cleveland Hospital Restraint Death
Tasha Grant told a deputy and hospital staff 23 times that she could not breathe. Instead of an evaluation, she got handcuffs and skepticism.
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‘Nobody’s Trying to Help Him’: Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail Intensify Scrutiny
Videos depicting two men’s final moments, and the response by guards, raise alarms at the embattled jail where at least 24 people have died since 2018.
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Security Crackdown Following Guard’s Killing in Ohio Puts Spotlight on Prison Safety
Several men incarcerated at the Ross Correctional Institution say that correctional staff, joined by a tactical unit with no body cameras, have increased the use of force and pepper spray