FBI agents investigating county jail deaths and violated rights
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH – Six U.S. citizens dying while in custody under elected County Executive Armond Budish and appointed Sheriff Clifford Pinkney brought an October 30 visit to the jail by FBI agents under U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman’s direction who want to know why. EJBNEWS learned from a man being held while awaiting trial that he and other people locked up were interviewed by FBI agents about jail conditions. The man said federal agents also interviewed county corrections officers. According to the detained man, a U.S. citizen, FBI agents witnessed the overcrowding in the 2000 person facility and had to…
