Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine visited Cadiz for the official opening of the new Harrison County Jail on Tuesday.

While DeWine said that it’s too bad that society needs jails, he noted the brand new facility is going to save a lot of money and time for Harrison County.

“The thing that happens when you don’t have a new jail, you have to transport prisoners all the time. When you do that, you lose an officer who leaves the county and may go 400 miles sometimes. So the security of the people of Harrison County is much better when you’ve got a new jail like this. Then you do not have to transport people,” DeWine said.

“The other thing is, we have so many people going to our jails with mental health problems, sadly, who have drug addiction problems,” he continued. “And, again, a new jail gives you th

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