Agreement reached to keep federal pretrial inmates in private Northeast Ohio facility

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The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown. The prison is privately owned by the Nashville-based CoreCivic. [Eric Heisig, cleveland.com photo]

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Authorities on Thursday agreed to a contract that will keep inmates at a pretrial detention facility in Northeast Ohio, a move that prevents federal officials from shipping 350 detainees to Pennsylvania.

The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, a facility in Youngstown owned by private corrections company CoreCivic, will continue to house federal inmates through a compromise with the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department. The U.S. Marshals Service has contracted with the company since the early 2000s.

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