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‘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.

Relief coming to Ohio drivers suspended over lack of money

By The Marshall Project, Mark Puente, Tara Morgan & News 5 Cleveland ● Government ● December 20, 2024

A Marshall Project and News 5 investigation inspired a bipartisan bill to address the license suspension crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of Ohioans.

You can see who is in many Ohio jails with a few clicks — just not in Cuyahoga County

By The Marshall Project, Mark Puente, Nora McKeown & Spectrum 1 ● Public Safety ● December 18, 2024

The sheriff’s department lags behind other agencies by failing to offer a website to help the public quickly learn who’s inside its notorious county jail.

Cuyahoga County Jail will now do more than show people the door

By Mark Puente & The Marshall Project ● Public Safety ● November 22, 2024

Reentry changes come in response to The Marshall Project – Cleveland investigation that showed people leaving jail got little help to avoid returning.

Judge Celebrezze denies misconduct claims, faces a disciplinary hearing in January

By Mark Puente & The Marshall Project ● Civic Engagement ● November 11, 2024

Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze has filed her responses to multiple counts of misconduct alleging she steered lucrative divorce cases to a personal friend, Ohio Disciplinary Counsel records show.