Why Some Jail Detainees Can Go Years Without Seeing the Sun

A photo shows a close view of the outside of a jail building. One side, in shade, has blue window panes. Another side, in harsh sunlight, shows a wall of concrete with a thin, vertical window.

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Why Some Jail Detainees Can Go Years Without Seeing the Sun

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May 21, 2025

Jails are notorious for inhumane conditions. Detainees often complain of violence, inedible food, limited programming and subpar healthcare. Lack of ...

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Lost Pregnancies Aren’t Reported in Ohio Jails. A Lawmaker Has a Fix.

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May 16, 2025

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By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project, and Scott Noll, News 5 Cleveland An Ohio lawmaker plans to introduce legislation requiring ...

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Why Miscarriages and Stillbirths Go Unreported Inside Ohio Jails

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May 15, 2025

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By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project, and Scott Noll, News 5 Cleveland Additional reporting contributed by Brittany Hailer Nearly five ...

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Why People in Ohio Prisons Are Staying Longer Under the Reagan Tokes Law

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April 17, 2025

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In the final month of his two-year prison term, a guard ordered Lamar Clark Jr. into a cramped office. Against ...

An illustration shows a man with medium skin tone and black hair wearing a blue prison uniform in four scenarios. Clockwise from the top left: The man raises his fists in front of a White man in a prison uniform who is yelling and pointing at him; the man sits on his bed with his head down, looking at a piece of paper; the man sits at a table in front of a woman with a ponytail and medium-dark skin tone; the man stands in an office in front of a laptop, where a woman on a screen is speaking to him. There are four quotes around the figures that read: “It’s a dangerous place here. It got to the point where I had to defend myself.” - Giovanni Lee, “Long story short, they never investigated what happened. They just found me guilty.” - Lamont Clark, “You all had my fate sealed before I even got in the room.” - Edward Navone, and “I’m about to go home. They ended up maxing me out, giving me my whole time.’”- Giovanni Lee

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How Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law Keeps People in Prison Longer

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April 10, 2025

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Filed 6:00 a.m. EDT 04.10.2025 It came as a response by lawmakers to a horrific crime. Now, thousands of people ...

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Will Ohio Cancel My Driver’s License Suspension for Unpaid Fines or Fees?

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March 20, 2025

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A new Ohio law will lift driver’s license suspensions for people with unpaid court fines and fees, some of which ...

An incarcerated person wearing food preparation gloves adds French fries to a food tray that contains a hamburger and a small bag of baby carrots.

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How Prison Food Became Barely Edible — And a Billion-Dollar Industry

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March 8, 2025

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Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 03.08.2025 A market analysis said the food service industry in U.S. prisons and jails is worth ...

Sheriff Harold Pretel, a man with medium-toned skin, wearing a sheriff's uniform, sits in front of a blue background with a sheriff's star printed on it.

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Public Should See Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Body Camera Videos Within Seven Days

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March 4, 2025

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Filed 6:00 a.m. EST 03.04.2025 Policy shift follows a Marshall Project - Cleveland and News 5 Cleveland investigation into the ...

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FBI Probing Cuyahoga County Judge Leslie Celebrezze

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February 18, 2025

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A federal grand jury subpoena delivered to the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court shows that federal investigators are investigating Judge ...

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Cleveland Shooting Raises Questions as Cuyahoga County Releases Body Cam Video

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February 6, 2025

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By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project and Tara Morgan, News 5 Cleveland The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department released body camera ...

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