Public Safety Archives – Page 9 of 23

Uncounted: Ohio’s failure to track lost pregnancies in jails spurs questions over care

By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project, News 5 Cleveland & Scott Noll ● Government ● May 15, 2025

One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an ‘egregious performance failure’ by medical staff.

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Cuyahoga County hopes a forensic liaison will help youth with disabilities caught in the justice system

By Mike McGraw ● Government ● May 12, 2025

Research shows that 65-70% of youth who become subjects of the juvenile court also have a disability.

Court upholds racketeering convictions of ex-Ohio House speaker and lobbyist in $60M bribery scheme

By The Associated Press ● Government ● May 7, 2025

A federal appeals court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme.

How one Cleveland professor’s innovative research is fighting sexual assault around the nation

By Christopher Johnston ● Public Safety ● May 6, 2025

“The research coming out of Rachel [Lovell]’s group has opened our eyes and educated us regarding the effect of sexual assault on the victim, and understanding what they have gone through by the time they are talking to us helps us be better prosecutors.”

The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and Ohio has an active outbreak. Here’s what to know

By The Associated Press ● Health ● April 30, 2025

A federal health agency says the U.S. has 884 confirmed measles cases this year as of Friday. That’s triple the amount seen in all of 2024. Two children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year.

Lakewood Police Department Citizens’ Police Academy connects officers and residents

By Sharyn Arai ● Community Journalism ● April 29, 2025

And this reporter got to try on the blast suit.

In Shaker Heights and across the country, Trump’s anti-DEI push raises concerns for policing

By The Marshall Project & Wilbert L. Cooper ● Government ● April 28, 2025

DEI professionals and officers of color fear that a Trump-led backlash will erase the diversity gains made after the George Floyd protests.

All stick, no carrot: Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law acts as a ‘one-way ratchet’ for prison time

By Doug Livingston & The Marshall Project ● Government ● April 17, 2025

Intended to curb prison violence with promises of early release, the law is turning out as unbalanced as critics feared, with sentences extended at every turn.

New Crisis Receiving Center to open in Central neighborhood in fall 2026

By Kirsten Kimbler ● Health ● March 28, 2025

Nearly three years after St. Vincent Charity Community Hospital closed its emergency room doors, a new Crisis Receiving Center (CRC) will initiate development this spring.

Judge Celebrezze now admits to allegations of case steering in lucrative divorce cases

By Mark Puente & The Marshall Project ● Government ● March 27, 2025

Cuyahoga County judge’s shift puts her seat in jeopardy as a disciplinary hearing and FBI investigation loom, following Marshall Project reporting.