County seeks independent review of services provided to jail inmates

County seeks independent review of services provided to jail inmates

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County administrator and a county commissioner are calling for an independent expert to review the educational and counseling services being provided to county jail inmates.

Those services are at the center of a dispute between Sheriff Randall Wellington and Dr. Richard Billak, executive director of the Community Corrections Association, which has political overtones in next year’s sheriff’s election.

Saying other agencies can provide the services at no cost to the county, Wellington is asking the county commissioners to terminate CCA’s services, which he said have cost the county $1.8 million over the past 10 years.

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