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Post-prison center idea rankles Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine
By bizjournals.com
Published: 12/03/2009

City officials and community leaders are bracing to fight a Pennsyl­vania company’s proposal to develop a residential program for federal offenders just a few blocks from the new School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Over-the-Rhine.

In a letter to Cincinnati Police Chief Thomas Streicher, Firetree Ltd. wrote that the company has submitted an offer to the Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide re-entry center services at 1507 Elm St. Cincinnati Public Schools’ new $72 million SCPA campus sits on 12th Street between Elm and Race streets.

The letter said the proposal is for a five-year contract to provide 46 beds for male offenders and five beds for females, although the site could accommodate additional bed space if needed.

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