Articles About incarceration

• ‘Returned’ join World House Choir

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 7, 2022

  

  Twelve “returned,” or formerly incarcerated, artists, including rap performers and visual artists from several area prisons, will join the World House Choir to present “Solidarity Dividend: Art in Action,” Saturday, May 14, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m., in the Foundry Theater on the campus of Antioch College.

• Efforts seek bail reform

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 17, 2021

  

  As of Tuesday afternoon last week, 225 people awaiting trial were being held at one of two Greene County jail facilities — the downtown jail and the Adult Detention Center. Many of those individuals remained behind bars over the holidays, lacking the bail money that allows release until a scheduled court date.

• Eyes on reform

  By YS News StaffJuly 22, 2020

  

  About 30 members and supporters of the Greene County Coalition for Compassionate Justice gathered across from Greene County Jail in Xenia last Saturday, July 11, to call on county leaders to reduce the jail population during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic.

• EDITORIAL — ‘No’ to 500 county jail beds

  By Audrey HackettApril 17, 2020

  

  Greene County voters face a choice in the March 17 primary. Should the county increase the sales tax to fund construction of a new and larger jail? A editorial on Greene County Issue 12 from a prior issue of the News.

• Greene County public hearings— Tax hike for new jail?

  By Audrey HackettNovember 2, 2019

  

  Should the county raise the sales tax to pay for a new jail? Public hearings on the issue are happening Thursday, Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m., and Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m., at 35 Greene St., Xenia.

• Treating addiction, in and out of jail

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 26, 2019

  

  This is the final article in a series looking at the proposed expansion of the Greene County Jail, and the economic, social and human issues surrounding incarceration in the county.

• Jails ‘de facto’ mental health providers

  By Audrey HackettAugust 29, 2019

  

  In this fourth article in the News’ series on the proposed expansion of Greene County’s jail system, we take a closer look at the changing role of jails in mental health treatment, including in our local facility.

• Greene County— New jail, bigger jail?

  By Audrey HackettAugust 16, 2019

  

  Does Greene County need a new jail? The consensus of county officials is yes. What are the key issues? And does the new facility need to be 30% larger than the existing jail? The third article in a series.

• Greene County— Designs for a new jail

  By Audrey HackettMay 16, 2019

  

  A consulting firm hired by Greene County has so far come up with four possible design options for a new local county jail complex.

• Greene County— Jail options considered

  By Audrey HackettMay 9, 2019

  

  When villager Don Hollister toured the Greene County Jail in downtown Xenia as part of a citizen group a year ago November, he was shocked by how stark it was. “My clearest impression looking at the barred cells was that it seemed out of a movie,” he said. “It fit every stereotype I had of an urban jail.”