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The Marshall Project — Cleveland

Uncovering abuses in the local criminal justice system using a combination of investigative journalism, data analysis and community engagement.

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Hundreds of Calls for Help: What 911 Logs Reveal About the Local Jail
From assaults to suicide attempts, emergency calls can be a sign of problems that jails can’t handle on their own.
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An illustration with dark teal, red, orange and yellow tones shows a complex of multistory jail buildings. From left to right, three boxes show a jail employee with medium skin tone with a phone up to his ear, two incarcerated men with medium and medium-light skin tones fighting, and the legs of an incarcerated person on a bed in the foreground and a correctional officer with his back turned in the background.
A photo shows a White man with glasses standing at a podium. The wood-grained podium has a sign that reads: “The Great Seal of the State of Ohio”. Behind him is an American flag and a flag of the state of Ohio.
Cleveland June 22
Ohio Governor Grants Mercy to Man on Death Row For First Time
Weeks before calling to abolish capital punishment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine commuted the man’s death sentence to life in prison without parole.
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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 June 11
Lost Footage From Cuyahoga County Jail
The county’s outdated security cameras have failed to record at least 17 deaths.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
A grid of surveillance footage images from the Cuyahoga County jail.
Cleveland June 3
Cuyahoga County Jail Leaders Knew Their Cameras Were Broken and Took 4 Years to Fix Them
A glitch in the surveillance system discovered in 2022 has finally been fixed. Families and inspectors could have used that evidence.
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A photo shows Leslie Ann Celebrezze, a White woman with blond hair, wearing an ivory sweater, sitting in front of a large monitor with blue mountains and a lake on it.
Cleveland June 1
Former Cuyahoga County Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze Sentenced to 60 days in Jail and $10,000 Fine
Reporting by The Marshall Project - Cleveland leads to sentencing of former longtime Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze for steering work to a friend.
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Cleveland Newsletter May 14
‘This Was a Hardship on Everything in My Life.’
Judges in Lorain ignored city law and issued license suspensions for parking tickets.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
A photo collage in shades of beige and black shows, from left: a photo of Mary Haviland, a White woman with her hair tied back; a photo of the Lorain police department building; a photo of Judge Thomas Elwell, a White man with a beard; a photo of a car in Lorain, Ohio; and a photo of Carmisha Bell, a Black woman wearing a headscarf. Scattered throughout the illustration are excerpts from court documents and information about a sentence that was dismissed.
Cleveland May 14
‘We Need to Hammer Them’: How One City Took Parking Enforcement to the Extreme
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation found two Lorain judges improperly suspended licenses for single parking tickets.
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A photo shows a multicolored sign with a layered star logo, at night. The sign reads “Mohican Young Star Academy” and “Through the Thorns to the Stars.” Behind the sign is a parking lot with streetlights.
Cleveland April 22
Ohio Bill Could Force State to Shut Down Troubled Residential Treatment Facilities
The proposal comes just months after The Marshall Project - Cleveland exposed violence at a residential youth facility northeast of Columbus.
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A still from a bodycam shows corrections officers outside Jennifer Wade's cell. Her body is not visible. In the foreground is a person putting on rubber gloves.
Cleveland April 14
New Videos Show ‘Absolutely Egregious Care’ in 2025 Cuyahoga County Jail Death
Ohio reopens review of Jennifer Wade’s death after county officials failed to provide body cam footage.
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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 April 9
The Drug Crisis in Ohio Prisons
Drug-soaked paper is stoking alarming levels of violence and death.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
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