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OH: Budget cuts force closure of Cincinnati jail

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Budget cuts force closure of Cincinnati jail Published on Saturday Dec 20, 2008 One of Hamilton County's four jails has shut its doors because of budget cuts, the first time a jail has closed in the county without a new one in line to take its place. The closing Friday came as state officials consider ways to safely shrink the state prison population in light of a projected $7 billion state budget deficit over the next two years. Jails and prisons represent a large portion of both local government and state budgets. Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis and other county officials said there is simply no money to keep the 822-bed Queensgate jail _ which houses low- and medium-security prisoners _ open. The jail closed quietly Friday, as the last dozen or so inmates were led out to black sheriff's office vans and taken to other county jails...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).