‘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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‘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.
‘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.
Broken showers, black mold and clogged toilets: Cuyahoga County Jail is disgusting
Overcrowding, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions for jail detainees.
‘She had no legs. Why would they restrain her?’: A Cleveland woman died in custody
Officials said Tasha Grant’s heart stopped from the restraint. A special prosecutor is reviewing the actions of hospital workers and a deputy.
East Cleveland Jail closes after inspections detail various violations
The East Cleveland Jail — made infamous in Season 3 of the podcast “Serial” and at the center of a $30 million court judgment — quietly closed in December after two inspections found dozens of violations.
What happens when someone dies inside one of America’s worst jails?
In Cuyahoga County, a jail death triggers mandatory investigations. Here’s what all Ohio sheriffs are supposed to do, and how to check their work.
‘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.
‘Nobody’s trying to help him’: Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail intensify scrutiny
Videos depicting two men’s final moments, and the response by guards, raise alarms at the embattled jail where at least 24 people have died since 2018.
How a 1963 Cleveland case shaped stop-and-frisk police tactics, and why it still matters
Under Cleveland’s consent decree, police have to track each stop.
