By Brittany Hailer and Ilica Mahajan for The Marshall Project-Cleveland, a nonprofit news team covering Ohio’s criminal justice systems.
Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Ohio News Connection reporting for the Marshall Project-Public News Service Collaboration
Paitin Pahoundis jolted awake, a siren blaring in her ears. Her friend Samantha Primeau was in her room. It was time. The other girls, Samantha told her, were gone. They had jammed a sprinkler, triggering the fire alarm and filling the hallway outside with water…