Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail Raise Questions About Response

‘Nobody’s Trying to Help Him’: Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail Intensify Scrutiny

Videos depicting two men’s final moments, and the response by guards, raise alarms at the embattled jail where at least 24 people have died since 2018.

Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail Raise Questions About Response

Videos depicting two men’s final moments, and the response by guards, raise alarms at the embattled jail where at least 24 people have died since 2018.

‘Nobody’s trying to help him’: Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail intensify scrutiny – The Land

Tanya Anderson holds a photo of her late nephew Glen Williams Jr., who died in January after falling ill at the Cuyahoga County Jail, in Toledo, OH, Friday, Sept. 6th, 2024. (Cydni Elledge/The Marshall Project) This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, and News 5 Cleveland. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s Cleveland newsletter and follow them on…

Deaths in Cuyahoga County Jail intensify scrutiny

After pleading for medical care for several days, Glen Williams Jr. collapsed to the floor in the Cuyahoga County Jail. No one checked for signs of life. A jail officer walked up and then walked away, pausing only to handcuff the fallen man. On that morning in January 2024, at least nine minutes passed before jail workers started CPR. Williams never responded and later died at MetroHealth Medical Center from a ruptured aorta. Eight months later,…