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Ohio Jail Construction Corruption?
Loaded on April 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1997, page 14
Questions arise as to whether a contract for the Franklin County jail renovation was legal. The county commissioners awarded the unbid contract in May 1995 to Voinovich-Sgro Architects, Inc., a subsidiary of the Voinovich Group, owned by Paul Voinovich, the brother to Governor George Voinovich. John Hay, a man who …
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Government Misconduct.
Location:
Ohio.
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