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Ohio Nearly Closes 100 Year Old Asylum/Prison
In April 2002, state budget cuts threatened to force the closure of Orient Correctional Institution near Columbus Ohio. Orient originally opened as a mental asylum in 1902 and was converted to a prison in 1984. The closing would have relocated 1,747 prisoners and displaced 533 employees. Eliminating Orient's $41.9 million ...
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