Corrections officer details violent work life for staff at Indian River facility

An Ohio corrections officer says nothing will change at a facility where violent teens are serving time until those teens are held accountable for staff assaults.

Tara Patris says staff at the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility need help. She wrote to Gov. Mike DeWine on March 30 after back-to-back assaults, including one on a fellow corrections officer.

Patris regrets not saying something sooner…

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