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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.
A photo illustration in tones of black, white, beige, and a bluish-gray shows, from left: the Cuyahoga County Justice Center; screenshots of surveillance footage showing responses to people experiencing medical distress, though those people's faces are not visible; a medical stretcher; a document describing standards of jails for Ohio; the word "neglect" repeated three times in the center of the illustration; and another view of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center.
A photo shows a view of a person shoveling snow.
News January 30
When Temps Plunge, Dilapidated Jails and Prisons Put Lives at Risk
The Marshall Project examined reports of scarce food and water and interrupted access to medical care during a day-long power outage in Mississippi.
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Former Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge, Leslie Ann Celebrezze, a White woman with blonde hair, wears a black top and stands behind a podium next to her defense attorney, Ian Friedman, a White man with a beard and wearing a black suit.
Cleveland Newsletter January 14
Behind the Celebrezze Indictment
How an FBI subpoena changed attitudes.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
Several printed family photos and a hospital record on a table.
Cleveland January 7
Who’s in Ohio’s Psychiatric Hospitals, How Did They Get There and When Do They Get Out?
Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more patients.
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Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze, a White woman wearing a judge’s robe, stands between two American flags. A plaque on the desk in front of her reads: “Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze.”
Cleveland December 22
Cuyahoga Judge Celebrezze Resigns After Being Charged With Records Tampering
Celebrezze resigned two years after The Marshall Project - Cleveland detailed how she steered nearly $500,000 in fees to a longtime friend.
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A photo of a middle-aged Black woman with her hair up posing for a portrait outdoors. She is wearing a yellow shirt with a family photo under the words “Ferguson Family Reunion.”
Cleveland December 22, 2025
Criminally Ill: Systemic Failures Turn State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons
A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals.
By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News, and , The Marshall Project
An aerial photo shows the campus of a residential treatment facility with a light green roof during sunset. The facility is surrounded by a forest and hills.
Cleveland Newsletter December 18
Mohican Can’t Accept More Children Amid State Probe
Ohio investigates Mohican Young Star Academy.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
A smiling woman with light-toned skin and medium-length dark brown hair sits in front of some white and pale green pillows.
Cleveland December 10
How a Public Record Cost Cuyahoga County Taxpayers $650,000
A worker’s demotion after releasing court records to The Marshall Project - Cleveland led to a lawsuit alleging retaliation and witness intimidation.
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A photo shows the exterior of a residential treatment facility with a light-green roof at dawn.
Cleveland December 5
‘Substantial Risk’: Mohican Young Star Academy Admissions Suspended as State Investigates
Weeks after The Marshall Project - Cleveland found escalating violence, Ohio’s embattled youth treatment center is once again facing scrutiny.
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A White man with white hair wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a black judge’s robe sits in a large black chair at the bench, with the American and Ohio flags behind him.
Cleveland November 25
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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Illustration of a white paper airplane flying in the sky with a faint city skyline with a blue and purple gradient in the background.
Cleveland Newsletter November 13
Pregnancies in Ohio Jails to Be Tracked Under Proposed Law
A new law would require Ohio jail leaders to report pregnancy outcomes.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
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