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Grafton Prison to Mirror Lebanon Institution
Columbus Ohio AP report notes a $12 million state prison planned near Grafton south of Elyria will closely resemble the Lebanon facility nearing completion. Architects Bellman Gillet Richards of Toledo handle drawings and plans as officials say the Grafton project drives Ohio's future penal expansion and the relocation of the old Ohio Penitentiary depends on its completion.
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Columbus, Ohio
Grafton
Elyria
Lebanon
Toledo
Bellman, Gillet & Richards
R. A. Haines
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
M. C. Koblentz
Division of Correction
Grafton Institution
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus