A Private Prison Is Expected to Lose Its Federal Contract. No One Can Find Where Its Nearly 800 Inmates Can Go

A private prison is struggling to find facilities to take in nearly 800 inmates before its contract with the federal government expires in three months, Cleveland.com reported. CoreCivic operates the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio, through a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service that expired Sunday, Cleveland.com reported. The company received a three-month extension while it weighs options for current detainees, but it doesn’t expect the contract to be renewed beyond then. There are “no safe or logistically viable alternatives for the Marshals Service,” CoreCivic said in a statement, Cleveland.com reported. Since the early 2000s, CoreCivic has contracted with the U.S. Marshals Service to house inmates awaiting trial or sentencing in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland, Cleveland.com reported. Inmates were previously held at county and city jails that received federal funding through local budgets, according to Cleveland.com. The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, a private prison facility, has performed a majority of the … Read More