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The Marshall Project — Cleveland

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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.
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.
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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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
An aerial photo shows the campus of a residential treatment facility with a light green roof during sunset. The facility is surrounded by forest and hills.
Cleveland November 6
‘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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In a photo from her Facebook page, Tasha Grant, a Black woman, has teal hair and wears hoop earrings.
Cleveland October 30
Cuyahoga Sheriff Backs Off Tasha Grant Investigation Amid Family Criticism
Trumbull County sheriff will now lead the investigation into the Cleveland woman’s restraint death, meeting family demands for independent probe.
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A Black man with a goatee wears a white collared shirt with blue stripes and a yellow jacket with a green logo.
Cleveland October 27
Uncounted: 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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A photo of the MetroHealth Medical Center. The building is white and rectangular, has two lines of visible windows, and the word “MetroHealth” is on the top right of the building. In front of that building is a lower beige/orange-toned building.
Cleveland Newsletter October 23
‘I Can’t Breathe’: Tasha Grant’s Final Hours, on Video
County officials have released body camera video depicting some of the final days of Tasha Grant.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
A photo shows a Cleveland Police van on a street at night parked by traffic cones, while a blue car starts to drive by from the left side of the photo.
Cleveland October 23
Cleveland Police Hire Firm to Look for Potential Bias When Officers Encounter the Public
The move follows a Marshall Project - Cleveland analysis that found police searched Black people more often than White people in stops in 2023.
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Tasha Grant, a Black woman with close-cropped hair and wearing a dark blue shirt, sits on a hospital bed and can be seen talking with a medical staff member who stands a few feet away to the left of the frame, wearing dark blue scrubs over a red hooded sweatshirt. His face is blurred out.
Cleveland October 21
‘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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Cleveland Newsletter October 9
Families Seek Outside Probe of Three Deaths Involving Deputies
Attorney: Officials are at a ‘moral crossroads’ over death investigations.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
A collage illustration with muted green and orange tones shows details of black mold on a bathroom floor, a closeup of a cockroach, a broken toilet bowl, trash, a closeup of a person covering their nose and mouth, a closeup of a person clenching their fist, and the obscured figure of a man.
Analysis October 9
No Showers, Black Mold and Clogged Toilets: America’s Jails Are Disgusting
Understaffing, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions in jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Hinds County, Mississippi.
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