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Cuyahoga County is the latest community to debate a proposal to build a new jail in response to inhumane conditions at the current facility. Advocates say there’s no such thing as a humane jail.
Elsewhere in the country, lawsuits and legislation seek to protect people from predatory mugshot sites.
Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out and the officer is under state investigation.
Adrianna Thurman said she was informed by jail staff after her release that she had ‘slipped through the cracks.’
Patrick Murphy didn’t even learn about the murder until later that day. A controversial law allows him to be executed anyway.
The miniseries depicting a New York prison escape fails to show what happened to the men left behind.
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