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More Ohio Jail Construction Corruption
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1997, page 17
In the April '97 issue of PLN we reported "Ohio Jail Construction Corruption?" about questionable contract provisions and cost overruns by a construction firm owned by Ohio governor George Voinovich's brother. That article was about the firm's $9 million renovation of the Franklin county jail.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Contractor Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Government Misconduct.
Location:
Ohio.
The construction company, the V ...
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