New videos show ‘absolutely egregious care’ in 2025 Cuyahoga County Jail death
Ohio reopens review of Jennifer Wade’s death after county officials failed to provide body cam footage.
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‘Like the Walking Dead’: Smuggled drugs fuel chaos inside Ohio prisons
Prison officials are struggling to keep out drug-soaked paper, fueling a multimillion-dollar black market economy that stokes chaos, violence and death
Public records shed light on the justice system — But it can be a battle to get them
The government has stalled on FOIAs for years in some cases. In others, agencies have said public records will cost thousands of dollars.
Sunshine Week in Ohio: Public records power accountability — if we can get them
Sunshine Week highlights the power of public records and the growing barriers that limit transparency and weaken public oversight.
Political dynasty tarnished as former Judge Celebrezze pleads guilty to tampering
A former judge admits to guilt in a criminal case sparked by reporting by The Marshall Project - Cleveland. Sentencing will be at a later date.
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.
Behind the Celebrezze indictment
A reporter recounts how an FBI subpoena changed attitudes and fueled Celebrezze indictment
Who’s in Ohio’s psychiatric hospitals, how did they get there and when do they get out?
Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more patients.
Criminally ill: Systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons
A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals.
How a public record cost Cuyahoga County taxpayers $650,000
A worker’s demotion after releasing court records to The Marshall Project - Cleveland led to a lawsuit alleging retaliation and witness intimidation.
