Review finds jail violated state standards in woman's death

Review finds jail violated state standards in woman's death

A state review of the death of a woman in Cuyahoga County’s custody last year found that the care Jennifer Wade received did not meet state standards.

State: Cuyahoga County Jail Staff Failed to Provide First Aid Training

Cuyahoga County correctional staff failed to provide CPR immediately to a woman who was found unresponsive in her cell, state investigators ruled.

State reverses course, finds Cuyahoga Jail staff failed to start CPR in Wade’s death

The family of Jennifer Wade protested outside the Cuyahoga County jail in April. Wade died at the jail in 2025 after being left on the floor of a locked cell. Akron attorney Alex Bodiford, at left, is representing the family in a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the county. [Doug Livingston/The Marshall Project] By Doug Livingston, Brittany Hailer and Mark Puente This article was first published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit new…