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"Full disclosure: I work for a company that provides services to TPS; OK Dept. of Corrections; and until several months ago, Avalon Correctional, which operates the Turley Residential Center at 61st St. North and Cincinnati.
Community relations aside; from a logistics standpoint, I will be the first to say that it would only make sense to close Greeley instead of Cherokee, if for no other reason than they are a shorter distance from another elementary south on Cincinnati than they are from Cherokee.
As for anyone's fears about Greeley being "adjacent to a women's correctional facility" I've dealt with this place for several years. The "inmates" here are essentially on a work release program. I won't mention specifics, but if you eat out, or if you buy groceries from a certain regional chain of stores, you will see at least 1 or several "inmates" and probably not realize it. They tend to work at locations that are a good distance from the Turley Residential Center.
As for the Greeley site being turned over to the Dept. of Corrections, that is highly unlikely. In late February, our state legislature appropriated approx. $5million of the $9million the DOC asked for, to pay for employee wages, etc. All of the DOC operated (state run) facilities are continuing the furlough schedule that has been in place for well over a year now, that has 26 of the 52 weekends, Fridays through Sundays, as furlough weekends. Essentially, this means that about half of the DOC's prison guards are taking at least one of these weekends off without pay. Therefore, unless Avalon, which operates the Turley Residential Center, or possibly a non profit organization assumes operation of the Greeley site, it wouldn't be used for inmate education."
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