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Southeast Ohio is receiving more than $25 million for local jail projects
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The state is awarding $50 million to rebuild or expand local jails, and more than half of that is coming to southeast Ohio. The funding was… Read More
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Prisoners And The Pandemic: A Year Into COVID, Crowded Jails Fuel Infections In Ohio Valley
By: Alana Watson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — When the first coronavirus cases were reported last year, Warren County, Kentucky, Jailer Stephen Harmon knew there was going to be a COVID-19 outbreak in… Read More
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Advocates for Prisoners in Ohio’s Lockups say Thousands Should be Released Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has its first inmate death due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Mike DeWine says an inmate at the Pickaway Correctional Institution has passed away. Last week,… Read More
![Sherry Russell discusses the death of her son at the Gallia County Jail in southern Ohio at her medical care business in Rio Grande, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/AP_19323581673746-e1574280491679-900x422.jpg)
Families of Inmates Who Died, Hurt at Gallia Co. Jail Seek Answers
By: Mark Gillispie | AP
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (AP) — Families of inmates who died or were seriously injured at a small Ohio county jail in the last year are seeking answers about what happened to… Read More
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Judge: Pre-trial Inmates Have Same Rights as Other Voters
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A federal judge has ruled inmates awaiting trial must be given the same voting rights as other Ohio citizens. The Columbus Dispatch reports U.S. District Court… Read More
![This Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, shows the exterior of the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AP_19205663074993-e1564067373951-900x422.jpg)
Probe: Guards, Gang Members Smuggled Drugs Into Jail
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CLEVELAND (AP) – Prosecutors say guards at the troubled county jail in Cleveland worked with gang members to sell drugs to inmates. State prosecutors on Wednesday charged two corrections officers… Read More
![This Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, shows the exterior of the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AP_19205663074993-e1564067373951-900x422.jpg)
Cleveland Judge Threatens Jail Staff With Contempt Charges
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CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in Cleveland has threatened to charge county jail staff with contempt if they fail to bring inmates to court for hearings. Cleveland.com reports that Cuyahoga County… Read More
![In Massachusetts last July, several Franklin County Jail inmates, seated, were watched by a nurse (left) and a corrections officer after receiving their daily doses of buprenorphine, a drug that helps control opioid cravings. By some estimates, at least half to two thirds of today's U.S. jail population has a substance use or dependence problem.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ap_18214767759315-2-f9ce2a557eefcc0aa1675ada886bf5036a5ce274-e1556123015664-900x422.jpg)
County Jails Struggle With A New Role As America’s Prime Centers For Opioid Detox
By: Eric Westervelt | NPR
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The National Sheriffs’ Association has published a detailed guide to jail-based medication-assisted treatment. States hardest hit by opioids are moving fastest to get inmates the help needed to quit.
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Profiting Off Prisoners: State Inmates Mean Big Bucks for Local Jails
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Rural jails in Kentucky are increasingly relying on income derived from payments for holding state prisoners in county facilities, according to a new report by a think tank that advocates… Read More
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DOJ: Kentucky Jail Uses Excessive Force on Inmates
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CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice says an investigation found evidence that a Kentucky jail routinely uses excessive force against inmates through the use of chemical agents,… Read More