Uncounted: Ohio’s failure to track lost pregnancies in jails spurs questions over care

How to limit jail deaths: Local attorney has a smart suggestion

This week’s report about yet another death at a county jail run by the Sheriff’s Department was painfully familiar in its portrait of cruel indifference to the health of inmates and the overt signs the agency isn’t being truthful about key events in the tragedy. It detailed how Jose Cervantes Conejo, 43, died while in a coma after suffering brutal injuries at the Vista jail following his arrest for alleged public intoxication. While a sheriff’s …

Greene County jail employees, sheriff face federal lawsuit alleging denied medical care

The man was pulled over and booked into jail for driving while intoxicated although a breathalyzer test returned a 0.00% blood alcohol content result.

How Sheriffs Fail to Report Miscarriages, Stillbirths In Ohio Jails

One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an “egregious performance failure” by medical staff.

Uncounted: Ohio’s failure to track lost pregnancies in jails spurs questions over care

One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an "egregious performance failure" by medical staff.

Why miscarriages and stillbirths go unreported inside Ohio jails

Nearly five months pregnant, Linda Acoff screamed in pain inside a cell in the Cuyahoga County Jail. The pressure and cramping intensified. Blood specks dotting the cold floor were met only with a nurse’s offering of extra sanitary napkins and a dose of Tylenol.   Several more hours passed on that January 2024 morning before Acoff’s cellmate alerted a jailer, who looked inside before rushing to declare a medical emergency. Security video shows A…

Uncounted: Ohio’s failure to track lost pregnancies in jails spurs questions over care – The Land

Linda Acoff was 17 weeks pregnant and pleading for help, but an investigation found Cuyahoga County Jail staff delayed proper medical care. An autopsy of her fetus showed she lost her pregnancy due to a common infection that went untreated. [Maddie McGarvey for The Marshall Project] This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – Cleveland, a nonprofit news team covering Mississippi’s criminal justice systems. Sign up for t…