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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 17, 2008
Jail doors at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio were reopened to the City of Toledo after being closed for almost a full day. CCNO’s population reached 609 or 95 percent on Wednesday.
Doors were reopened to the City of Toledo when the jail’s population stood at 571 or 89 percent around 10 a.m. this morning, Thursday, July 17.
Doors had been closed Wednesday to the City of Toledo when its population stood at 275.5 or 113 percent of capacity. They are 31.5 beds over their limit.
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.
This site was updated on July 18, 2008