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The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. Through a partnership with Signal Cleveland, The Marshall Project is weaving more resident voices into its reporting and building an understanding about how the justice system works — and doesn’t work — in Cleveland.

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The basics of how bail and bonds work (Explainer)

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editorillustration of journalist Ilica MahajanAvatar photo by Rachel Dissell, Ilica Mahajan and The Marshall Project September 11, 2023September 11, 2023

Bail is an agreement between the court and a person accused of a crime, which allows the person to be released from jail while waiting for their court proceedings. 

A group of more than 30 protestors walk through Cleveland’s downtown, holding posters advocating for bail reform and better conditions at the county jail
Posted inCriminal Justice Reform

Bail reform in Cuyahoga County (Timeline)

Rachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects Editorillustration of journalist Ilica MahajanAvatar photo by Rachel Dissell, Ilica Mahajan and The Marshall Project September 11, 2023September 12, 2023
An illustration shows the back of a Black man looking up at a tall building, the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. In front of the building is a panel of three portraits, representing a roulette of judges.
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Cuyahoga County judges vowed to reform the bail system. Here’s what happened

illustration of journalist Ilica MahajanRachel Dissell, Community + Special Projects EditorAvatar photo by Ilica Mahajan, Rachel Dissell and The Marshall Project September 11, 2023September 11, 2023
Alt text: A Black man with a dark yellow beanie, an earring and a neck tattoo looks to the side.
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No License to Drive: Why So Many Greater Clevelanders Are Barred From Driving

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Cleveland to stop routinely blurring police officer faces in body camera videos released to the public

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Eight cropped book covers with shadows behind them appear in a grid against a cream-colored background: “The Egyptian Book of the Dead,” “The Hellbound Heart,” “Captive Nation,” “Black on Black Violence,” “Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic” and “Effective Java.” The center of the grid shows an image of a tool displaying which books are banned in Ohio prisons.
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Ohio prison system bans Java computer manual, but allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf

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Don’t ‘punish them more.’ Effort grows to ease job barriers after prison release

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A ‘Second Chance’ for defendants with older criminal convictions

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Addressing addictions ‘in lieu’ of convictions in Cuyahoga County

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Why one of Cuyahoga County’s pretrial diversion programs is ending 

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