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| Violence rates high at Ohio youth prisons |
| By portsmouth-dailytimes.com |
| Published: 01/02/2013 |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s youth prisons have much higher assault rates than the adult lockups, a newspaper reported Sunday. Juvenile prisons had more than 1,600 assaults in 2011, with an overall population of only 680 youths. The adult population of more than 50,000 inmates had nearly 2,500 assaults. Assaults include striking another person, throwing at and hitting them with an object, and spitting at or biting. The Columbus Dispatch reported that some Department of Youth Services staffers say there isn’t enough discipline in the youth prisons and that conditions are dangerous for both the teens and the prison staff. “We have to go in every day wondering if it’s going to be safe for us,” said Jonathan Blackford, 35, who is a corrections officer at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility. Read More. |
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