To understand and experience conditions in the county jail, Sheriff Navarre could invite county commissioners for a Thursday night through Sunday morning stay in August. They would be booked individually in 30-minute increments and housed separately.
It doesn’t take a financial genius to realize that pouring more millions into a decrepit building is a small bandage in an open, gaping wound. In the 1970s federal Judge Young imposed sanctions on the jail in order to prevent additional overcrowding and substandard living conditions. In 2014, federal Judge Carr once again imposed sanctions on overcrowding and health issues.
In 2025 are the commissioners honestly aware of how unbelievably difficult it is to work and live in the Lucas County jail? Without any doubt more federally imposed court orders are on the horizon…