Toledo citizens want wall around jail as promised...

Today's Toledo Blade points out another problem with communication as far as promises made to residents that didn't materialize.

What's interesting is I can't find anything in the Blade archives about this or even a lot of information about when the Toledo Correction Institute was built.

Some material on the actual facility:

TOCI is located on more than 45 acres. The Main Compound occupies more than 16
acres and the Minimum Camp occupies over four acres. The original design is a “high
security”, multi-story “podular” design with centralized core services and an attached administration building. Four buildings are located inside the fence, and one building is outside of the fence. From information provided on site, the Toledo Correctional Camp houses 186 minimum security adult male offenders in a combination of single and double bunked open dormitories.

The minimum camp comprises over 37,000 square feet of space. It is completely separated from the close-security side by a fence.

The ODRC website of July 6, 2004 cited the total construction cost as $90 million, which included construction of the following facilities: Administration Building, Inmate Housing Unit, Minimum Security Camp, Warehouse, Entrance Building and Guardhouse. The Administration Building houses the central plant and support functions.

Hopefully now that the issue has been raised it will be addressed though I agree with George Sarantou and Andy Ferrara that this is most likely an issue that will have to be addressed at the state level.