Gideon Turns 60: How the Cuyahoga County Jail Stifles the Right to Counsel

In “Gideon at Sixty: How the Cuyahoga County Jail Stifles the Right to Counsel,” Wren investigated the state of visitation at Cuyahoga County Jail.

Wren recommends that the Cuyahoga County Jail bring back in-person visitation and cut off the prosecutor’s access to Securus’s surveillance. Both reforms would meaningfully improve the right to counsel for people who cannot afford to get out of jail while they await trial.

Read the report here, or click below to download a PDF.

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