Ad hoc committee will be created in an effort to review bed utilization at the regional jail

An ad hoc committee will be created in an effort to review bed utilization at the regional jail following Wednesday’s meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio. Jim Dennis, CCNO Executive Director, said he had discussions with the US Marshalls about holding inmates for them and, new on the horizon within the state corrections department, is preventing low-level felony five offenders from entering the prison system and offering funding for their placement in diversion programs in the community. He said CCNO could extend an offer to utilize its diversion programs to adjacent counties that have limited or no such programs.