jails

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction found the Cuyahoga County jail in compliance with 51 state standards and in violation of 84 of them. The state’s report comes nearly three months after the U.S. Marshal’s Service released its report, dated November 21, calling conditions at the jail “inhumane.” The marshals conducted their review from October 30 to November 1, 2018. The state inspected the jail days later on November 6.

Franklin County’s jails are overcrowded and old. The downtown jail is 46 years old, and the jail on Jackson Pike is 31 years old. Neither functions…

The state has announced $3 million in grants to address the mental health needs of Ohio offenders in county jails in hopes of reducing jail populations…