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Inmates will pick up trash and save ODOT money
The agency will employ low-level inmates
by WKSU's STATEHOUSE BUREAU CHIEF KAREN KASLER


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Karen Kasler
 
ODOT will employ inmates to pick up roadside litter

As ODOT continues to look for ways to trim its budget so it can put more money back into road construction, it’s come up with a new plan for litter pickup. The transportation agency will bring in low-level inmates from the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to collect trash on roadways. ODOT spokesman Steve Faulkner says the agencies will work together to make sure both inmates and drivers are safe on the side of the road.

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“…So that we’re not providing additional distractions from motorists, that we’re maintaining the safety of those that are out there picking up the garbage along the roadways, safety from 100-degree heat, for instance. So those are going to be things we’re going to help them out with, and in the meantime they’re going to help us save a little bit of money at ODOT.”  

Inmates from the Grafton and Mansfield Correctional Institutions will start working on litter clean up starting this week, and the program will be expanded throughout the state.

Listener Comments:

How about we get the elected officials from down in Columbus to put in some working hours cleaning up the state instead of sitting there figuring out how to fleece the Ohio workers some more. They get some hefty raises under Kasich and I don't see where the JOBS are.


Posted by: Cheryl (Ohio) on July 12, 2012 10:07AM
What took them so long to up with this idea?


Posted by: Otazu (Los Angeles) on July 9, 2012 8:07AM
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