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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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Mike Jones (left) enacts being interviewed for a job and learning from a woman playing an HR manager and sitting across from him at a table that he can't be hired because of his past criminal record. The skit, based on his real life experience, was part of "A Day in the Life: A True Life Sentence,” one of several Cuyahoga County Reentry Week events, and was staged at Urban Community School in Ohio City, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
Posted inPublic Safety

Unforgiven: Performances highlight the struggles of the formerly incarcerated 

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 26, 2024October 18, 2024
Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, talks about the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team's latest semi-annual report during a community meeting at the Jerry Sue Thornton Center on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.Othe community members and city leaders sit around her listening and looking at the report.
Posted inPublic Safety

‘Pretty words in a booklet’: Residents sound off at meeting on Cleveland police reform progress

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 25, 2024October 18, 2024
The logo of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County.
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Cuyahoga County residents can help shape funding and advocacy decisions for mental health, addiction treatment

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 18, 2024January 22, 2025
Allergy Pills
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What is starting earlier, lasting longer and becoming more intense? Allergy season.

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 18, 2024April 18, 2024
Cleveland police officers demonstrate how to properly use a taser in a training scenario on Dec. 16, 2023. The Cleveland Police monitoring Tream will assess use of force this year.
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‘Running in place’: Cleveland Police Monitoring Team says the department is not making progress

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 17, 2024October 18, 2024
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 inNews

‘A True Life Sentence’: Seeking solutions for youth and adults after incarceration

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 15, 2024April 13, 2024
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Non-police crisis response teams should include paramedics, Cleveland EMS union official says

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 12, 2024October 18, 2024
A dispatcher faces five computer screens as he takes calls at Cuyahoga County Emergency Communications Center in Bedford on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
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Cuyahoga County gets federal funding for upgrades to 911 system

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 9, 2024April 8, 2024
Lydia Bailey gestures her hand toward a portrait on a backdrop while she talks about the Portraits of Strength gallery on March 25, at Case Western Reserve University law library.
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‘They speak hope simply in who they are’: Portraits spotlight overcoming hardship and the importance of second chances

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 4, 2024April 3, 2024
Community members sit around tables in small groups to discuss what they want non-police crisis response (or care response) to look like in Cleveland on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Michael Zone Recreation Center.
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‘Accountability is extremely important’: Cleveland residents want community oversight for county’s non-police crisis response team

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova April 2, 2024January 22, 2025

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