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Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter

Author Archives: Stephanie Casanova

A freelance reporter based in Arizona, Stephanie was the inaugural criminal justice reporter with Signal Cleveland until October 2024. She wrote about the criminal legal system, explaining the complexities and shedding light on injustices/inequities in the system and centering the experiences of justice-involved individuals, both victims and people who go through the criminal legal system and their families.

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Rondaline Radcliff scrolls through text messages between her and the property manager at Euclid Estates, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Radcliff and other residents received an eviction notice giving them until June 20 to move out.
Posted inGovernment, Public Safety

Another landlord leaves Cleveland residents scrambling for housing 

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova June 7, 2023October 18, 2024
Bill Vedra, director of Cincinnati's Emergency Communications Center, shares with Cuyahoga County leaders how their dispatch center works with their new Alternative Response to Crisis (ARC) team. The group is hoping to bring an alternative response team to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County to offer an alternative to police response for mental health crises.
Posted inPublic Safety

Cuyahoga County could save millions through non-police response to mental health crisis calls, new report says

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova May 25, 2023January 22, 2025
Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Posted inNews

Cleveland stadiums and sin tax (Weekly Chatter)

Nick Castele, Government ReporterAvatar photoStephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Nick Castele, Mark Naymik and Stephanie Casanova May 22, 2023May 21, 2023
An East Cleveland police vehicle is parked in front of East Cleveland City Hall on Monday, March 20, 2023.
Posted inPublic Safety

East Cleveland police ends traffic safety collaboration with State Highway Patrol

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova May 19, 2023January 22, 2025
Heravon Williams Sr. in a grey Ohio State t-shirt and black ball cap stands outside the abandoned house next door to where he lives on Kinsman Road on Monday, May, 2023. WIlliams Sr. was excited to see the house will finally be demolished this week.
Posted inPublic Safety

City razing abandoned house viral for spray-painted message to Mayor Bibb

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova May 9, 2023October 18, 2024
Spray painted message on side of home asking Mayor Bibb to tear it down.
Posted inPublic Safety

Clevelanders frustrated with abandoned houses; some take matters into their own hands

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova May 4, 2023October 18, 2024
Posted inGovernment

Here’s why the abandoned house next door hasn’t been demolished

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova May 4, 2023April 21, 2025
MetroHealth System's new CEO, Dr. Airica Steed began her term in December 2022.
Posted inWeekly Chatter

Weekly Chatter: Unionization push at health board, Bibb meets Bill Clinton, MetroHealth loses money, labor leader name disappears

Avatar photoNick Castele, Government ReporterCandice Wilder, Health ReporterStephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice ReporterPaul Rochford, K-12 Education ReporterOlivera Perkins, Economics Reporter by Mark Naymik, Nick Castele, Candice Wilder, Stephanie Casanova, Paul Rochford and Olivera Perkins May 1, 2023April 30, 2023
A group of people at "The People's Reentry Assembly: Community Conversation with Local Stakeholders," talk about the needs of citizens returning to their communities after incarceration. The discussion on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, was part of a weeklong series of events for Cuyahoga County's Reentry Week.
Posted inPublic Safety

Cuyahoga County Reentry Week shines light on barriers for formerly incarcerated

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 26, 2023October 18, 2024
Deeion Sandlin (left) slices apples while Chef Rebekah Fox (right) slices jicama for a slaw. The women participated in a cooking competition on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry.
Posted inPublic Safety

Prison program offers people culinary training, fresh start

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 26, 2023October 18, 2024

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