Federal lawmakers request update on health, safety conditions at Elkton prison in Columbiana Co.

ELKTON — Three legislators have asked the U.S. Department of Justice for an update on conditions of the health and safety of the staff and inmates at the federal prison here.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson of St. Clairsville, D-6th, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said in a release Friday that they sent a letter to Glenn A. Fine, inspector general for the Justice Department.

A preliminary report issued by the inspector general in 2007 said that staff and inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, located in Elkrun Township in Columbiana County, were exposed to unsafe levels of cadmium and lead for a six-year period.

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