The controversy over building a new Cuyahoga County Jail is not going away anytime soon.
Another public hearing was held on Saturday morning at the Civic Center Dining Hall to field questions and get community input about a new jail complex, its possible location, and how the complex that’s expected to cost about $750-Million will be paid for.
The contentious debate surrounding the plan for a new Cuyahoga Jail includes if the new jail complex should be built on Granger and Transportation Avenues in Garfield Heights. That’s about 20 minutes away from the courts downtown. But, no matter what side of the new jail debate you’re on, there are still plenty of questions and concerns. Ross DiBello who says he worked at the Justice Center as an attorney for about eight years says, “A survey was done in March of 2021. It said what do we care about most ? They said humane jail treatment. Since then once about every few months and sometimes more frequently than that, an inmate dies downtown.
But, DiBello says despite public hearings on the issue, “I want to ask if the residents really think the residents are in charge or being asked what they care about here?
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