Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, has three correctional centers approved to house 1,765 inmates but which -- according to the marshals' report released last month -- house 2,420. Former inmate Cecil Fluker addresses the Cuyahoga County Council about conditions in the county jails. At a meeting of the Cuyahoga County Council last week, Fluker and 22 others faced administrators to ask for answers and share their stories. After reviewing the marshals' report, he told CNN he thinks judges may have to "start taking more drastic action," such as releasing nonviolent offenders. And what community activists, including some who spoke at the county council meeting, are pushing for is bail reform.

Source: CNN December 16, 2018 03:45 UTC