Amid mounting accusations of civil rights violations and unsafe conditions at a Cleveland jail where several inmates have died, Gov. In recent months, the problems at the jail, Cuyahoga County Corrections Center, have coalesced into a crisis that has prompted civil lawsuits, an F.B.I. Mr. DeWine said he also planned to add to the staff of the department’s Bureau of Adult Detention. “That section just did not have enough people in it when I took office,” added Mr. DeWine, a Republican who took office in January. “That is a bigger issue than just Cuyahoga jail.”

Source: New York Times June 08, 2019 23:30 UTC