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Brittany Hailer

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The Marshall Project Former director of Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism MFA kid who accidentally became a journalist

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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma [ @brittanyhailer.bsky.social Ilica Mahajan @marshallprojectguild.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/30/f...
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It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape.
At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@brittanyhailer.bsky.social continues to uncover the mess that is a psychiatric treatment center for children in Ohio www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/01/t...
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Teen Treatment Center CEO Accused of Unlawful Sexual Contact With Minor in Police Sting
Police say the head of Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents drove nearly 200 miles to meet with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The chief executive of one of Ohio’s largest residential treatment centers for youth is accused of driving nearly three hours to meet someone for sex whom he believed was a 14-year-old girl. Instead, he met a police officer. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/01/t...
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Teen Treatment Center CEO Accused of Unlawful Sexual Contact With Minor in Police Sting
Police say the head of Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents drove nearly 200 miles to meet with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents CEO Randall MacKendrick has been arrested in Lorain County and is facing charges including importuning, disseminating matter harmful to a juvenile, possessing criminal tools and unlawful sexual contact with a minor, according to jail records.
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
this is devastating reporting by @brittanyhailer.bsky.social and an example of why I support @themarshallproject.org and you should, too: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/30/f...
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It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape.
At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma.
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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/30/f... #Ohio #Abuse
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It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape.
At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape. At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/30/f...
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It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape.
At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"I kept thinking, how do you get this place shut down? Because I don't know how to do anything like that. No child should be in there ... They were just treated like animals."
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 30/07/2026
At Fox Run, a home for kids in treatment backed by a multi-billion dollar company, residents and former staff detail a litany of trauma. One former resident told us, “I would rather be dead outside in the snow” than spend another night inside.
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How Fox Run Treatment Center Traumatized Troubled Children
Kids at the facility went as far as hurting themselves and others to escape. Here’s what they were running from.
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Children's Rights @childrens-rights.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Read staff writer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social and computational journalist Ilica Mahajan's investigation via @themarshallproject.org to learn more about what young people say they experienced at Fox Run 👉 www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/30/f...
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It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape.
At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma.
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Children's Rights @childrens-rights.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Children held down with such force they couldn’t breathe. One young woman recalls turning purple. Others fled into the woods and cornfields in the snow to escape. A new investigation by @themarshallproject.org reveals the shocking conditions young people say they endured inside Ohio's Fox Run.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 17/07/2026
Brittany Hailer: @brittanyhailer.bsky.social ——————————————— The Marshall Project: @themarshallproject.org Subscribe to Their Newsletters: www.themarshallproject.org/newsletters?... Donate to The Marshall Project: www.themarshallproject.org/donate?via=7...
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 17/07/2026
"[E]scalating violence, staff injuries and campus-wide fights at the state's largest youth residential treatment facility." "Too many young people are being harmed in residential facilities, and delay only puts them at greater risk." #Ohio #USA #Drugs #Healthcare #Housing
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Ohio Bill Could Force State to Shut Down Troubled Residential Treatment Facilities
The proposal comes just months after The Marshall Project - Cleveland exposed violence at a residential youth facility northeast of Columbus.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
911 Calls at the Cuyahoga County Jail revealed that people detained ingested batteries or bleach, and others were for “near hanging, strangulation or suffocation.” Other calls pertained to people dealing with psychosis, catatonia or altered mental status from alcohol or drug withdrawal.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 22/06/2026
The death row commutation is the first Mike DeWine has issued in his eight years as Ohio governor and, with his call to do away with capital punishment, represents the final steps in his five-decade evolution from death penalty proponent to skeptic. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/22/o...
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Ohio Governor Grants Mercy to Man on Death Row For First Time
Weeks before calling to abolish capital punishment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine commuted the man’s death sentence to life in prison without parole.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 13/06/2026
"[N]ew body camera videos — [..] never provided to the inspectors — show that Wade was left lying on the concrete floor of her jail cell for hours before anyone sounded the alarm." "Even then, more than 20 minutes lapsed before nurses began to administer CPR." #Ohio #USA #Incarceration #Healthcare
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New Videos Show 'Absolutely Egregious Care' in 2025 Cuyahoga County Jail Death
Ohio reopens review of Jennifer Wade's death after county officials failed to provide body cam footage.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The medical examiner's office ruled Michel's cause of death as hypothermia, with homicide as the manner of death. www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
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Death of Haitian woman released from ICE custody in Pittsburgh ruled a homicide
The death of Daphy Michel, a Haitian woman released from ICE custody in Pittsburgh, was ruled a homicide
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Cuyahoga County Jail officials had known about the faulty cameras since January 2022 but failed to replace them until April — a time period during which 17 incarcerated people died, sometimes under the blinking eye of the outdated cameras. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/03/c...
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Cuyahoga County Jail Leaders Knew Their Cameras Were Broken and Took 4 Years to Fix Them
A glitch in the surveillance system discovered in 2022 has finally been fixed. Families and inspectors could have used that evidence.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Clarifying that local reporters at TMP have not been laid off.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 22/04/2026
Ohio officials would be required to take measures against youth treatment facilities with incidents of violence and other serious violations under a new bill — including shutting them down. The proposed bill comes after Marshall Project - Cleveland exposed violence at an Ohio treatment facility.
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Ohio Bill Could Force State to Shut Down Troubled Residential Treatment Facilities
The proposal comes just months after The Marshall Project - Cleveland exposed violence at a residential youth facility northeast of Columbus.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
House Bill 811 could force Ohio to shut down trouble residential treatment centers. The bill’s sponsor said our investigation into Mohican Young Star Academy pushed her into action. Meanwhile, the state is moving to revoke Mohican’s license. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/22/o...
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Ohio Bill Could Force State to Shut Down Troubled Residential Treatment Facilities
The proposal comes just months after The Marshall Project - Cleveland exposed violence at a residential youth facility northeast of Columbus.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 14/04/2026
After Jennifer Wade died in the Cuyahoga County jail, state inspectors found no policy or procedural errors in how the staff responded. But new body camera videos show that Wade was left lying on the concrete floor of her jail cell for hours before anyone sounded the alarm.
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New Videos Show ‘Absolutely Egregious Care’ in 2025 Cuyahoga County Jail Death
Ohio reopens review of Jennifer Wade’s death after county officials failed to provide body cam footage.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Body camera videos — never provided to the inspectors — show Jennifer Wade left lying on the concrete floor of her jail cell for hours before anyone sounded the alarm. More than 20 minutes lapsed before Cuyahoga County jail nurses began CPR. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/14/c...
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New Videos Show ‘Absolutely Egregious Care’ in 2025 Cuyahoga County Jail Death
Ohio reopens review of Jennifer Wade’s death after county officials failed to provide body cam footage.
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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Real slop not AI slop! I dropped off my compost while taking a break with my @marshallprojectguild.org co-workers in support of @propublicaguild.org's strike.
Pile of compost at the bottom of a black garbage bin.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Excited to be a finalist alongside my amazing colleagues at @themarshallproject.org
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 04/02/2026
1/ READY TO STRIKE: More than 80% of our members signed a pledge saying we are prepared to strike unless @propublica.org agrees to a fair contract. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...
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The ProPublica Guild is Ready to Strike for a Fair Contract — ProPublica Guild
The ProPublica Guild is prepared to strike. We have shown up and compromised at the bargaining table for more than two years, but our newsroom’s management has slow-walked negotiations , offering w...
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Judge Denies Trump Bid to End Protected Status for Haitians as ICE Fears Loom
Roughly 350,000 Haitians are in the U.S. through legal status granted because of natural disasters and armed conflict in their home country.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Michael Papp’s body was cold and stiff inside his secluded Cuyahoga County jail cell when an officer finally opened the door. Officers reportedly walked the pod 50 times, peeking inside cells for signs of life. Yet, somehow, they missed a dead body. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/02/c...
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How Jail Staff’s Deadly Errors Cost Lives in Cleveland
Jail administrators fail to fix mistakes that continue to cost lives, an analysis of state records by The Marshall Project - Cleveland shows.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 21/01/2026
Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation. If the judge allows the temporary protected status to expire, people in this Ohio city believe it will be one of the next places that ICE officials will conduct mass deportations.
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After Haitians Endured Campaign Lies, An Ohio Town Prepares For ICE
Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In one case, O’Brien testified that 11-year-old Jordan Brown would not benefit from rehabilitation in the juvenile justice system because he would not admit to committing the crime when the two spoke. The Pennsylvania Superior Court later threw out O’Brien’s testimony.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I think one especially important thing to pay attention to that we we report on in the above story, is how federal officials describe the incidents early on, and the cracks in those narratives that later emerge.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota: Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
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Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The Blocks have shuttered the Pittsburgh City Paper just three years after acquisition.
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 22/12/2025
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/22/o...
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How Ohio’s Mental Hospitals Are More Like Prisons
A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals.
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Jill Castellano @jillcastellano.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We tracked around 1,600 people detained in "Operation Midway Blitz" - the Chicago-area ICE raids that took place this fall. Here's where they ended up. @themarshallproject.org @geoffhing.bsky.social @shannonheffernan.bsky.social
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ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This made my December.
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Cleveland Scene @clevelandscene.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
"Substantial risk." Mohican Young Star Academy admissions suspended as Ohio investigates www.clevescene.com/news/ohio-ne...
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‘Substantial Risk’: Mohican Young Star Academy Admissions Suspended as State Investigates - Cleveland Scene
Weeks after The Marshall Project - Cleveland found escalating violence, Ohio’s embattled youth treatment center is once again facing scrutiny.
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
"I would severely question any reason to place a child [in the youth treatment facility], especially if a child's safety is in question."
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 05/12/2025
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 05/12/2025
State officials have suspended admissions to Mohican Young Star Academy while it once again investigates the embattled youth treatment facility. The action comes weeks after The Marshall Project - Cleveland documented escalating violence at the state’s largest youth residential treatment facility.
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State Probes Troubled Ohio Youth Treatment Facility
Weeks after The Marshall Project - Cleveland found escalating violence, Ohio’s embattled youth treatment center is once again facing scrutiny.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
State officials have suspended admissions to Mohican Young Star Academy while it investigates the embattled youth treatment facility, which has struggled to contain escalating violence. The action comes weeks after our investigation. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/05/r...
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State Probes Troubled Ohio Youth Treatment Facility
Weeks after The Marshall Project - Cleveland found escalating violence, Ohio’s embattled youth treatment center is once again facing scrutiny.
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Marshall Project Guild @marshallprojectguild.org · 03/12/2025
Text reads "2940 minutes at the bargaining table" Text reads: "2 Unfair Labor Practice filings"Text reads: "6 tentative agreements reached"Text reads: "627 days since voluntary recognition without a contract"
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Marshall Project Guild @marshallprojectguild.org · 03/12/2025
No ads here, just a premium subscription to the hard work of The Marshall Project Guild 🎁 See what our union has accomplished this year with our 2025 wrapped!
Text reads "2025 Wrapped: Celebrating our second year as The Marshall Project Guild and focusing on the work ahead." Graphic is a purple image wrapped like a gift with the Marshall Project Guild logo of fists raised.Text reads "47 members in our bargaining unit"Text reads "10 shop papers"Text reads "180 stories published by bargaining unit members"
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Bob Batz Jr. @bobbatzjr.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
A lot of emotion in the @pghguild.com newsroom this weekend as we make, edit and publish what looks to be the last Sunday strike paper. It's full of champions and winners, doers and helpers. And I'm talking about its journalists: www.unionprogress.com
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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Despite legal challenges, jails across the country are still filthy with plumbing issues, vermin, feces-covered walls, & limited access to basic hygiene products [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @brittanyhailer.bsky.social @dajaehenry.com @themarshallproject.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/09/j...
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Why America’s Jails Are So Disgusting
Understaffing, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions in jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Hinds County, Mississippi.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Lucas County’s juvenile court is reconsidering its relationship with Ashland County youth treatment center Mohican Young Star Academy after being made aware of The Marshall Project reporting that detailed fights inside the facility. www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...
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Juvenile court reconsiders placement at youth treatment center after recent reports of fighting
Lucas County’s juvenile court is reconsidering its relationship with an Ashland County youth treatment center after being made aware of recent reporting ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/11/2025
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“After a period of psychiatric hospital closures and investment in community support, Pennsylvania has shifted focus to the most restrictive care possible…for people who have been put at risk in an ill-equipped justice system, for actions that in many cases could have been prevented with care.”
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