How Jail Staff’s Deadly Errors Cost Lives in Cleveland

How Jail Staff’s Deadly Errors Cost Lives in Cleveland

Jail administrators fail to fix mistakes that continue to cost lives, an analysis of state records by The Marshall Project - Cleveland shows.

How jail staff's deadly errors cost lives in Cleveland

Michael Papp’s body was cold and stiff inside his secluded Cuyahoga County jail cell when a corrections officer finally opened the door. Officers reportedly walked the pod 50 times, peeking inside cells for signs of life. Yet, somehow, they missed a dead body. The officer went on to check 19 other cells before sitting down at a phone to call for help. A responding nurse took one look at the body and walked away in apparent frustration. Jail admi…

Deadly errors: Why people keep dying inside Cuyahoga County’s Jail

[Collage by Mark Harris for The Marshall Project; Source images: Nate Smallwood, Gus Chan and Grant Hindsley for The Marshall Project, Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department] This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – Cleveland, a nonprofit news team covering Ohio’s criminal justice systems. Sign up for their Cleveland newsletter and Facebook Group, and follow The Marshall Project on Instagram, Reddit and YouTube. Michae…