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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.

Cleveland • 02.09.2026

What’s So Scary About Treatable Conditions Behind Bars?

Medicines, procedures, and specialists can be scarce in prison, or people don’t get them until it’s too late.

Closing Argument • 12.13.2025

‘I’m About to Die Here’: What a Power Outage and Heatwave Were Like in a Jail With No AC

Cuyahoga County officials say no one incarcerated in the jail needed treatment for heat illness. People inside say it was life-threatening.

Cleveland • 07.03.2025

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