DEFIANCE, Ohio — A migrant woman held at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio has remained in custody for more than six weeks after a judge granted her release, prompting county officials to intervene during a recent board meeting.
The issue surfaced nearly ten months after CCNO’s governing board approved a contract allowing the regional jail to house U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.
During the board’s most recent meeting, Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken told fellow members that the woman had been granted a path toward release by a judge, contingent on completing biometric testing required by ICE…