When temps plunge, dilapidated jails and prisons put lives at risk

Recently, men inside Pickaway Correctional Institution protested the cold after a boiler failed and wasn’t repaired for two days.

by The Marshall Project February 9, 2026

Signal Cleveland’s public safety beat focuses on police policies and practices, courts, the county jail, bail reform, racial inequality and more.

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