jail overcrowding
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After Inmate Deaths, Cleveland Judge Vows to Stop Sending Nonviolent Offenders to Local Jail
After deplorable conditions—and a slew of deaths—have kept Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland in the headlines, a judge has vowed to stop sending his low-level defendants to the jail. Municipal Judge Michael Nelson says he’s no longer comfortable “setting bonds for people charged with crimes unless they’re charged with violent crimes,” writes Cleveland.com, meaning the…

