Changes are in the works for Ohio’s three juvenile correctional facilities. Indian River Juvenile Correctional in Massillon, where violence happened in 2022, is one. In September, the state released recommendations for safety and staff improvements system-wide.
News 5 Investigators spoke with former Indian River corrections officer David Upshaw and his wife, Patricia, about his recovery from an assault at the facility in October 2022.
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More than two years later, Upshaw doesn’t venture far without his cane or his wife.
“It’s not good. I still have a lot of balance problems, memory from the head trauma,” Upshaw said.
News 5 ClevelandHis left eye is also permanently damaged.
“I can’t see out of it,” he said.
Upshaw says this has been his life since Oct. 18, 2022, the day of his assault at Indian River.