350 pretrial inmates will be moved five hours from Cleveland as federal contract with private facility ends
Updated May 07, 12:17 PM;
Posted May 07, 12:17 PM
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Federal marshals are preparing to move 350 inmates out of a pretrial detention facility in Northeast Ohio and place them in a holding center five hours away in Pennsylvania.
Marshals also will shift about 250 other inmates to jails across northern Ohio moves that stem from the end of a long-term contract with CoreCivic, a private contractor that houses suspects awaiting trial in Youngstown.
The changes come months after the Biden administration pushed to end contracts with private prisons. Attorneys, however, say the plan will snarl the federal justice system in the region, which the pandemic has already stunted.
350 pretrial inmates will be moved to Pa. from Ohio as federal contract with private facility ends
Updated May 07, 12:24 PM;
Posted May 07, 12:24 PM
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Federal marshals are preparing to move 350 inmates out of a pretrial detention facility in Northeast Ohio and place them in a holding center five hours away in Pennsylvania.
Marshals also will shift about 250 other inmates to jails across northern Ohio moves that stem from the end of a long-term contract with CoreCivic, a private contractor that houses suspects awaiting trial in Youngstown.
The changes come months after the Biden administration pushed to end contracts with private prisons. Attorneys, however, say the plan will snarl the federal justice system in the region, which the pandemic has already stunted.
A Stark County man is accused of taking part in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
John Douglas Wright, 54, was arrested Monday by law enforcement officers with the Cleveland Division of the FBI – Canton Resident Agency, Stark County Sheriff’s Office, Canton Police Department, Jackson Township Police Department, and Homeland Security Investigations.
Wright, of Plain Township, pleaded not guilty at his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Akron before Magistrate Judge Kathleen B. Burke. Wright waived his preliminary hearing. A detention hearing was set for 1 p.m. Thursday.
According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, Wright faces charges of engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct and parading; demonstrating or picketing; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; obstruction of justice/Congress; and false statements to federal agents.
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YOUNGSTOWN Four Mahoning County nursing homes now have a handful each of COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of virus cases from 31 last week to 36 this week.
The Addison Healthcare Nursing Home in Masury, Trumbull County, meanwhile rose to six patient cases this week, leading a similar surge in Trumbull County cases.
No deaths were recorded this week, however, among the Mahoning Valley’s nursing homes.
As a state, the number of COVID-19 cases at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities dropped this week. There were 214 patient cases last week but 189 this week. The number of staff cases remained at 300.