Darke County Municipal Court Judge Julie Monnin, left, uses a reporter's pen to draw a watch on the wrist of dormmate Barb Vorhees, librarian at Celina Intermediate School. Having a watch is just one of the freedoms participants checked at the booking desk.
The heavy door closes with a clank, leaving freedom and creature comforts on the other side for 24 people chosen as practice inmates at the new Mercer County Adult Detention Center. [
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