Jun 20, 2019
This Week in the CLE: Thursday, June 20, 2019
Seven months after the release of a blistering report about inhumane conditions at the Cuyahoga County Jail, the Cuyahoga County Council has done nearly nothing to oversee reforms, and that might be why we now have two efforts brewing in Columbus to compel change.
We talk with reporter Courtney Astolfi and politics editor Jane Kahoun about why the council has been missing in action while Gov. Mike DeWine and two Democratic legislators mount efforts to fix the jail. The county council is composed of Council President Dan Brady, Pernel Jones, Nan Baker, Dale Miller, Scott Tuma, Michael J. Gallagher, Jack Schron, Yvonne Conwell, Shontel Brown, Cheryl Stephens and Sunny Simon.
Even without County Council oversight, County Executive Armond Budish says he has made a lot of progress on bringing order to the jail. He stopped by cleveland.com this week with some of his top staff to talk about his reforms, which we discuss on the podcast with Courtney and crime and justice editor Kris Wernowsk…