Brittany Hailer
@brittanyhailer.bsky.social
The Marshall Project-Cleveland
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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
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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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 ]
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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Understaffing, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions in jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Hinds County, Mississippi.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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 ]
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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.
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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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November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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.
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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.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“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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November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“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.”
While you're all here, if you want to read some actual journalism, this is the second story in my series about the collapse of the mental health care system in Pennsylvania. I'm really proud of it.
What happened to PA's promise of community mental health care
After a period of psychiatric hospital closures and investment in community support, Pennsylvania has shifted focus to the most restrictive care possible.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“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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While you're all here, if you want to read some actual journalism, this is the second story in my series about the collapse of the mental health care system in Pennsylvania. I'm really proud of it.
What happened to PA's promise of community mental health care
After a period of psychiatric hospital closures and investment in community support, Pennsylvania has shifted focus to the most restrictive care possible.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
While you're all here, if you want to read some actual journalism, this is the second story in my series about the collapse of the mental health care system in Pennsylvania. I'm really proud of it.
Mohican Young Star, a 110-bed facility that aims to treat children with behavioral and mental health problems had survived a state effort to shut it down several years ago. New owners renewed expectations, until the fights erupted inside the facility.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
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How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Mohican Young Star, a 110-bed facility that aims to treat children with behavioral and mental health problems had survived a state effort to shut it down several years ago. New owners renewed expectations, until the fights erupted inside the facility.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
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This is some excellent reporting. These kids deserve better. The staff deserves better. Leadership needs to be better.
Once one person trusted me enough to talk, my number spread through the Mohican Young Star Academy network. Over and over, I heard the same thing about the residential treatment facility for boys: someone is going to get hurt.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is some excellent reporting. These kids deserve better. The staff deserves better. Leadership needs to be better.
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This is a horror story from a youth residential treatment center in Ohio, woof.
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is a horror story from a youth residential treatment center in Ohio, woof.
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Screams and bangs echoed inside Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment center. Some children rushed outside to grab rocks. A teacher ushered her students into the cafeteria for safety.
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Screams and bangs echoed inside Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment center. Some children rushed outside to grab rocks. A teacher ushered her students into the cafeteria for safety.
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
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Screams and bangs echoed inside Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment center. Some children rushed outside to grab rocks. A teacher ushered her students into the cafeteria for safety.
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Screams and bangs echoed inside Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment center. Some children rushed outside to grab rocks. A teacher ushered her students into the cafeteria for safety.
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
Another teacher texted her mother, pleading with her to call 911: “Call them. Call mom please.”
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Ohio's largest youth treatment center, a 110-bed facility on the edge of a state forest, has become a locus of chaos over the past year. Kids are hurt and cause hurt. Staff are told not to call 911. Community members are confused and concerned. Stunning work from @brittanyhailer.bsky.social.
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ohio's largest youth treatment center, a 110-bed facility on the edge of a state forest, has become a locus of chaos over the past year. Kids are hurt and cause hurt. Staff are told not to call 911. Community members are confused and concerned. Stunning work from @brittanyhailer.bsky.social.
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Incredible reporting by @brittanyhailer.bsky.social for @themarshallproject.org on the tragic and dangerous conditions inside youth treatment centers. Hailer is one of the best there is out there.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Incredible reporting by @brittanyhailer.bsky.social for @themarshallproject.org on the tragic and dangerous conditions inside youth treatment centers. Hailer is one of the best there is out there.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
Once one person trusted me enough to talk, my number spread through the Mohican Young Star Academy network. Over and over, I heard the same thing about the residential treatment facility for boys: someone is going to get hurt.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Once one person trusted me enough to talk, my number spread through the Mohican Young Star Academy network. Over and over, I heard the same thing about the residential treatment facility for boys: someone is going to get hurt.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
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When someone dies behind bars, the officials who run prisons and jails don't always return all of their belongings to their loved ones. Books, drawings, letters, and other memorabilia, for many families, are precious reminders of the person they've lost.
Their Loved Ones Died Behind Bars. These Keepsakes Are All They Have Left.
Five families reflect on the possessions they got back, and the ones they didn’t.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When someone dies behind bars, the officials who run prisons and jails don't always return all of their belongings to their loved ones. Books, drawings, letters, and other memorabilia, for many families, are precious reminders of the person they've lost.
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New investigation w/ @invisibae.bsky.social:
Baltimore County has the worst racial disparities in traffic stops throughout Maryland. Officers accused of profiling are quickly exonerated despite issuing 70-89% of their tickets to Black drivers. Read more:
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Baltimore County has the worst racial disparities in traffic stops throughout Maryland. Officers accused of profiling are quickly exonerated despite issuing 70-89% of their tickets to Black drivers. Read more:
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
‘Driving while Black’ persists in Baltimore County
Black drivers make up most of the traffic stops in Baltimore County, despite being 30% of the population — disparities police have known about for years but have failed to fix.
www.thebanner.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New investigation w/ @invisibae.bsky.social:
Baltimore County has the worst racial disparities in traffic stops throughout Maryland. Officers accused of profiling are quickly exonerated despite issuing 70-89% of their tickets to Black drivers. Read more:
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Baltimore County has the worst racial disparities in traffic stops throughout Maryland. Officers accused of profiling are quickly exonerated despite issuing 70-89% of their tickets to Black drivers. Read more:
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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Tasha Grant told a deputy and hospital staff 23 times that she could not breathe. Instead of an evaluation, she got handcuffs and skepticism.
Video Captures What Led to Tasha Grant’s Restraint Death
Tasha Grant told a deputy and hospital staff 23 times that she could not breathe. Instead of an evaluation, she got handcuffs and skepticism.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tasha Grant told a deputy and hospital staff 23 times that she could not breathe. Instead of an evaluation, she got handcuffs and skepticism.
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"You’re yelling, so you can breathe,” said one of the officers who forcefully restrained her.
Grant gasped, moaned and settled motionless onto her stomach while handcuffed to a hospital bed.
Her death was later ruled a homicide."
Grant gasped, moaned and settled motionless onto her stomach while handcuffed to a hospital bed.
Her death was later ruled a homicide."
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"You’re yelling, so you can breathe,” said one of the officers who forcefully restrained her.
Grant gasped, moaned and settled motionless onto her stomach while handcuffed to a hospital bed.
Her death was later ruled a homicide."
Grant gasped, moaned and settled motionless onto her stomach while handcuffed to a hospital bed.
Her death was later ruled a homicide."
Tasha Grant said the words until she could speak them no more.“I can’t breathe,” she repeated 23 times to MetroHealth Medical Center staff, three hospital police officers and the sheriff’s deputy guarding her.
Officer: “You’re yelling, so you can breathe.” www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/21/t...
Officer: “You’re yelling, so you can breathe.” www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/21/t...
Video Captures What Led to Tasha Grant’s Restraint Death
Tasha Grant told a deputy and hospital staff 23 times that she could not breathe. Instead of an evaluation, she got handcuffs and skepticism.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tasha Grant said the words until she could speak them no more.“I can’t breathe,” she repeated 23 times to MetroHealth Medical Center staff, three hospital police officers and the sheriff’s deputy guarding her.
Officer: “You’re yelling, so you can breathe.” www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/21/t...
Officer: “You’re yelling, so you can breathe.” www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/21/t...
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Can’t wait to file FOIAs for those body-cam videos #BringInTheLight
BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.
'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes
A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Can’t wait to file FOIAs for those body-cam videos #BringInTheLight
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Yesterday, Lance Shockley was executed in Missouri. His two daughters attended the execution.
The experiences of children with parents on death row are often forgotten when it comes to capital punishment. Of the past 10 people who have faced execution in Missouri, at least six had children.
The experiences of children with parents on death row are often forgotten when it comes to capital punishment. Of the past 10 people who have faced execution in Missouri, at least six had children.
Their Dads Faced Execution in Missouri. Their Grief Lives on.
One woman copes with her father’s impending execution in Missouri, while two others share their experiences of losing a parent to capital punishment.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yesterday, Lance Shockley was executed in Missouri. His two daughters attended the execution.
The experiences of children with parents on death row are often forgotten when it comes to capital punishment. Of the past 10 people who have faced execution in Missouri, at least six had children.
The experiences of children with parents on death row are often forgotten when it comes to capital punishment. Of the past 10 people who have faced execution in Missouri, at least six had children.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel is refusing to seek independent investigations into three women’s deaths that occurred during encounters with his deputies, despite a growing call for more scrutiny from the victims’ families and advocacy organizations.
Family Attorney, Advocates Demand Outside Probe of Tasha Grant’s Killing
Community advocates and surviving family members also want the sheriff to step aside in two other death investigations involving deputies.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel is refusing to seek independent investigations into three women’s deaths that occurred during encounters with his deputies, despite a growing call for more scrutiny from the victims’ families and advocacy organizations.
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Filth, dysfunction and extortion. "It's the wild, wild west in there," Tedrick Francois told me after spending time in Raymond Detention Center. People awaiting trial there sleep alongside mice, have limited access to laundry, and must pay to use a toilet. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/09/j...
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.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Filth, dysfunction and extortion. "It's the wild, wild west in there," Tedrick Francois told me after spending time in Raymond Detention Center. People awaiting trial there sleep alongside mice, have limited access to laundry, and must pay to use a toilet. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/09/j...