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| Ohio Inmates to Ship Out of Jail |
| By Springfield News-Sun |
| Published: 03/20/2003 |
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In less than five hours March 10, the Clark County (Ohio) Jail added beds for 60 inmates. Seven renovated shipping containers were placed in the parking area under the jail. The 8-foot by 40-foot containers will provide temporary living quarters for 60 inmates for up to seven months while the jail's heating and air conditioning system is replaced. 'It (the installation) went real smoothly,' said Lt. Mike Roach, jail administrator for the Clark County Sheriff's Department. 'There were no hitches.' The temporary quarters are being leased from General Marine Leasing of Belle Chasse, La., which had brought the units to the Maine's Towing lot on March 7. Roach said the first truck arrived in the jail parking lot at about 7 a.m. March 10. Each truck carried a container on a flatbed trailer. Workers attached cables to each corner of the containers, and a crane lifted them off the trailers. As the crane held the container up, workers maneuvered each unit onto a dolly. A large forklift moved the units into position. All seven units were in place by noon. Six units hold two triple bunk beds and two double bunk beds, and have an open area with several chairs. Counters are attached to the two side walls for inmates to use as tables or desks. A television will be installed in each unit. A separate unit holds the toilets and showers for all 60 inmates. Inmates can leave their units to use the bathroom, but a buzzer sounds when a door is opened. The area with the temporary quarters will be surrounded by a 12-foot-high fence with barbed wire on top. Roach said the temporary quarters will be easier than the jail for officers to oversee because video cameras will monitor the units. In the jail, officers have to walk around to check each area on a floor. 'We can see what they're doing all the time (in the temporary quarters),' Roach said. Vehicles displaced from the parking lot will use a county lot about a block east on Fisher Street, Roach said. The temporary quarters will house jail trusties, inmates in the PRIDE program or others convicted of non-violent offenses. Inmates in the main jail will be shuffled around to clear a floor at a time so the renovation work can be done. The county is paying $122,000 to General Marine to lease the temporary quarters and another $58,000 to C&N Industrial Contractors for installation of plumbing lines, electrical conduits and other work. Putting inmates in other jails for six months would have cost $605,000, Roach said. State inspectors are scheduled to check the temporary quarters on March 20. The inmates will be moved into the quarters on March 24. The renovation project is expected to be completed in mid-October. Billy Nungesser, president of General Marine Leasing, was at the jail March 10 to make sure the units arrived safely. The company primarily serves the offshore oil industry, but is trying to develop new markets, such as jails and prisons, migrant housing and emergency response teams. Nungesser said the renovated containers are very durable. 'Once we had a building hit an overpass (in transit),' Nungesser said. 'All it did was crack a light and knock out a couple of ceiling tiles. These containers are built to withstand a lot.' |
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