The FOX 8 I-Team has found a local detention center manager fired in the midst of an investigation into explicit photos on an electronic device at the juvenile lock-up. This comes to light after the I-Team found the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department is investigating photos of an “underage, unidentified female.” Records released by Cuyahoga County …
Investigation Ongoing After Detention Center Manager Fired Read More »
The FOX 8 I-Team has found a worker fired at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center after being accused of staging fights between inmates. This comes after the I-Team has revealed multiple large outbreaks of violence there in recent months. Records provided by juvenile court show detention officer Trent Dunning was fired last month. His …
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The FOX 8 I-Team has uncovered exclusive video of yet another riot breaking out inside the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center. The latest incident is one of many, with the I-Team exposing big trouble there again and again. Security video shows, in the new case, a teacher walk through a door into a room and …
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A pay raise short — a staffing crisis too late. When Cuyahoga Juvenile Court Administrative Judge Thomas O’Malley asked the county officials to match raises for Juvenile Detention Center employees so they’d be on the same pay scale as downtown correction officers, they responded with a pay hike that was a little over half as …
It was as early as April 2020 that COVID-19 began affecting employees at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center. On April 2, 2020, The Plain Dealer reported that a Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center officer and a juvenile court employee were ordered to quarantine due to concerns related to the Coronavirus. The Plain Dealer reported: …
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It took a staffing crisis for Cuyahoga County officials to agree to a pay raise at the Juvenile Detention Center. Starting wages for new officers are now $24 per hour, up from a little more than $18, The Plain Dealer reported on Oct. 8. The raises follow warnings from Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas …
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Simply not hiring people is the Cuyahoga County administration’s approach to balancing the county budget. It’s as shortsighted as a family household assuming they can afford the rent if they skip groceries for the month. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley criticized County Executive Armond Budish’s plan to trim personnel costs by omitting unfilled positions from …
Handcuffs used as makeshift brass knuckles are yet another sign of the chaos brewing at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center. Last Sept. 8, the FOX 8 I-Team uncovered a video that shows a detention center manager throwing punches on a troubled teen resident, placing “handcuffs around his hand as makeshift brass knuckles and (punching) …
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Citing a staffing “crisis” at the juvenile lockup that could lead to a “catastrophe,” a Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court’s administrative judge has asked county officials to raise salaries of detention center officers, The Plain Dealer reported Sept. 1. In an Aug. 24 letter to Cuyahoga County Public Safety Chief Robert Coury, Judge Thomas O’Malley detailed …
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The $20,000 riot at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center was a direct result of short staffing, The Plain Dealer reported, citing juvenile court records. The Plain Dealer reports: “The low-staffing levels resulted in corrections officers locking 30 inmates in that part of the detention center in their cells for long periods. Those inmates, because …
