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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
JULY 16, 2008
Jail doors at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio were closed Wednesday to the City of Toledo due to overcrowding while two other jurisdictions have high population numbers.
Doors were closed Wednesday morning to the City of Toledo as it’s population stood at 275.5 or 113 percent of capacity. They are 31.5 beds over their limit.
Defiance County stood at 57 or 92 percent capacity while Fulton County was at 44 or 90 percent capacity. Other jurisdictions included 23.5 or 65 percent for Henry County; 166.5 or 85 percent for Lucas County and 42.5 or 85 percent for Williams County. The overall population stood at 609 or 95 percent.
It is the seventh overcrowding emergency to be declared in 2008. There were 23 such emergencies declared in 2007 and 13 in 2006.
CCNO policy allows the executive director to place the facility in an emergency status when the inmate population reaches 95 percent or 606. In addition, those jurisdictions with inmate populations above 90 percent are asked to consider granting early releases for eligible inmates.
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