Troubled Ohio youth prison halts new admissions due to staff shortages

This story has been updated with additional information.

Facing chronic staff shortages, the state is pausing admissions to the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, one of Ohio’s three youth prisons.

Ohio Department of Youth Services Director Amy Ast sent a letter April 2 to juvenile court judges, announcing the one-month suspension in admissions…

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