Brittany Hailer, Author at The Land

Brittany Hailer

Brittany Hailer is an award-winning investigative journalist and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a staff writer with The Marshall Project-Cleveland. She is the former co-founder and director of the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and former Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing at the University of Pittsburgh.

‘I’m about to die here’: What a power outage and heatwave were like in a jail with no AC

By Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project & Brittany Hailer ● Public Safety ● July 3, 2025

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

By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project, Brittany Hailer & News 5 Cleveland ● Government ● January 23, 2025

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

By Rachel Dissell, Signal Cleveland, Brittany Hailer & The Marshall Project ● Public Safety ● December 23, 2024

Under Cleveland’s consent decree, police have to track each stop.

These Private Centers Lack Oversight. Cuyahoga County Judges Send Kids Anyway

By Mark Puente & Brittany Hailer ● Government ● August 1, 2024

Courts are increasingly sending children to private youth care centers, spending millions while detention center overcrowding persists.

Brittany Hailer

Brittany's Latest Articles

‘I’m about to die here’: What a power outage and heatwave were like in a jail with no AC

‘Nobody’s trying to help him’: Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail intensify scrutiny

How a 1963 Cleveland case shaped stop-and-frisk police tactics, and why it still matters

These Private Centers Lack Oversight. Cuyahoga County Judges Send Kids Anyway