Funds For CCNO Upgrades

Gov., DeWine announces…nearly $50 million dollars in funding will go toward 11 jails in Ohio, including the one in Williams County. The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio will receive more than $4.6 million…for security upgrades…and a new operations center for staff members. The security upgrades will include secure cell doors in a unit of the jail that houses high-security inmates. CCNO serves Defiance, Fulton, Henry and Williams counties. Officials say…the funding will provide roughly 82% of the cost for the project.