Gerken plans to cut the CCNO beds, Toledo judges object

Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken plans to cut the number of prisoner beds for 2018 at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, which is a move the Toledo Municipal Court judges think will have negative effects on their operations. Mr. Gerken said he will bid to set the county's CCNO beds at 275 a day for next year, down from 303, to be used for people sentenced by the municipal court judges in Toledo, Maumee, Sylvania, and Oregon, the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center, and Lucas County