Brittany Hailer
@brittanyhailer.bsky.social
The Marshall Project-Cleveland
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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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 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.
Reposted by Brittany Hailer
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...
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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 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.
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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.
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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...
More out of the Cuyahoga County Jail: over a one-year period there were 334 work orders placed for malfunctioning or unusable showers, including clogged drains and black mold. One woman told me she had to clean the bathroom with menstrual pads. 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 12:24 PM
More out of the Cuyahoga County Jail: over a one-year period there were 334 work orders placed for malfunctioning or unusable showers, including clogged drains and black mold. One woman told me she had to clean the bathroom with menstrual pads. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/09/j...
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel is refusing to seek independent investigation into the death of Tasha Grant, a double amputee who died after being restrained by officers. With @markpuente.bsky.social and @douglivingston.bsky.social
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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.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel is refusing to seek independent investigation into the death of Tasha Grant, a double amputee who died after being restrained by officers. With @markpuente.bsky.social and @douglivingston.bsky.social
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"In at least one case, the lack of care has also extended to an expectant mother. This week, The San Francisco Chronicle told the story of Angie Rodriguez, a 26-year-old San Jose, California, woman who discovered she was pregnant, and then miscarried while in ICE custody."
In ICE Detention, Rising Deaths and Neglect: ‘They Wouldn’t Really Do Anything’
Recent incidents include a man who died awaiting surgery in Georgia and a woman’s miscarriage in California. Meanwhile, suicide attempts are rising.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"In at least one case, the lack of care has also extended to an expectant mother. This week, The San Francisco Chronicle told the story of Angie Rodriguez, a 26-year-old San Jose, California, woman who discovered she was pregnant, and then miscarried while in ICE custody."
I have been working in Cleveland under two years with @markpuente.bsky.social and @douglivingston.bsky.social. We’ve reported on four deaths in the custody of the Cuyahoga County Jail. The most recent being Tasha Grant whose death was ruled a homicide. 🧵
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Cuyahoga County Jail Transfer Ends With Death at MetroHealth
Officials said Tasha Grant’s heart stopped from the restraint. A special prosecutor is reviewing the actions of hospital workers and a deputy.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have been working in Cleveland under two years with @markpuente.bsky.social and @douglivingston.bsky.social. We’ve reported on four deaths in the custody of the Cuyahoga County Jail. The most recent being Tasha Grant whose death was ruled a homicide. 🧵
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/25/c...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/25/c...
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The medical examiner identified internal bleeding in muscles caused by pressure placed on Tasha Grant’s neck, and video of the restraint showed Grant’s chest and abdomen against the side of the hospital bed as pressure was applied to her backside.
Cuyahoga County Jail Transfer Ends With Death at MetroHealth
A special prosecutor is reviewing the actions of hospital workers and a sheriff’s deputy after the medical examiner ruled Tasha Grant’s death a homicide.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The medical examiner identified internal bleeding in muscles caused by pressure placed on Tasha Grant’s neck, and video of the restraint showed Grant’s chest and abdomen against the side of the hospital bed as pressure was applied to her backside.
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When someone dies in jail or prison, the circumstances surrounding their death are often shrouded in secrecy. In these as-told-to’s, three women detail their search for answers.
One describes her process as “putting together a puzzle with no picture.”
One describes her process as “putting together a puzzle with no picture.”
Pushing for Answers After a Loved One Dies Behind Bars
After a family member passes away in prison or jail, people are often left with basic questions. To get answers, they have to get creative.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When someone dies in jail or prison, the circumstances surrounding their death are often shrouded in secrecy. In these as-told-to’s, three women detail their search for answers.
One describes her process as “putting together a puzzle with no picture.”
One describes her process as “putting together a puzzle with no picture.”