Gov. Kasich Calls for Selling 5 Ohio Prisons

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Gov. Kasich Calls for Selling 5 Ohio Prisons

Ohio Gov. John Kasich s proposing selling off five state prisons as a way of raising $200 million to balance the state prisons budget without mass closures.

The facilities he has targeted in a state budget plan released Tuesday are: North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility and Grafton Correctional Institution, both in Grafton; North Central Correctional Institution in Marion; Lake Erie Correctional Institution in Conneaut; and a juvenile prison in Marion that closed in 2009.

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Ohio governor unveils plan to plug $8B budget hole
His proposal also includes a plan to sell five prisons to private operators and close four prison camps.

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Executive Budget for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013

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Judge denies request to halt sale of 5 prisons

The prisons on the auction block are Grafton Correctional Institution in Lorain County, North Central Correctional Institution in Marion County, and the closed Marion Juvenile Correctional Facility, all state-run facilities, and Lake Erie Correctional Institution in Ashtabula County and North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility in Lorain County, both state-owned but privately run facilities.

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STATE SELLS LAKE ERIE PRISON FOR $72.7 MILLION

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) today announced changes in ownership and operation of five Ohio prisons designed to help improve staff and inmate safety, reduce daily operating expenses and reduce the state’s long-term budget costs. Altogether, the changes are expected to provide an estimated $13 million in annual savings and 702 additional beds throughout Ohio’s prison system to help ease overcrowding.

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www.drc.ohio.gov/Public/press/press414.htm