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Lake Erie was the first sale of a state prison in the United States to a private company. [3] In 2012, Ohio state auditors deducted $500,000 from its contract at Lake Erie for violations such as understaffing, which had given rise to a high rate of violence and smuggled drugs. [3]
Johnson's Island is a 300-acre (120 ha) island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the city of Sandusky, Ohio.It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate officers captured during the American Civil War.
Ohio's prison system is the sixth-largest in America, with 27 state prisons and three facilities for juveniles. In December 2018, the number of inmates in Ohio totaled 49,255, with the prison system spending nearly $1.8 billion that year. [2] ODRC headquarters are located in Columbus. [3]
On any given night, about 16,500 people are held in Ohio's 89 jails and jailers book about 300,000 people each year - though some of them may be booked in multiple times.
An Ohio prison inmate, who said he was attacked by multiple corrections officers while handcuffed, has settled a lawsuit he filed against the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
In a letter to the Columbus Dispatch, Daniel J. Kitchen, 32, admits to killing a man he didn't know in 2016. The case has been unsolved for 7 years.
In 2011, responding to an initiative from the State of Ohio to reduce "overhead costs by saving $13 million annually while adding 700 beds to house inmates in the overcrowded system," CCA agreed to buy the Lake Erie Correctional Institution for $72.7 million. This is a change in company policy, as previously CCA had always constructed its own ...
Two inmates who escaped from an Ohio prison this week did so by concealing themselves in a dumpster, the state department of corrections said Friday as a search for one of the men continued.