We can’t disagree with Sheriff Jim Quattrone that there needs to be a re-entry hub for inmates being released from the Chautauqua County Jail.

We also can’t disagree with village residents who disagreed with the proposed 28 S. Erie St. location.

There have been regular complaints about inmates being released with no place to go.

“Many are released from the jail and end up wandering around the village trying to cash checks, charge cell phones, ask for money, and some commit crimes in the village – all things we have heard complaints from the community about,” Quattrone told Mayville Village Board members recently.

The re-entry hub would be a place for released individuals to wait for transportation to their community of preference; to collect a CHQ Pass and wait for CHQ Transit; a place to charge their phones and make telephone calls; and to work with a re-entry specialist to review discharge plan or to create a re-entry plan. The hub would be staffed by both current county employees and volunteers, not open weekends or overnight, with staff available to review needs for photo identification and other basic needs, help with Social Services applications, provide lists of food pantries and other services, connect individuals with housing, shelters, warming centers, respite housing and other programs.

As we said, we can’t disagree with the need for services. Not only does it make sense to do more to connect released inmates with information for services that could help them, but it also can make life easier for downtown Mayville merchants who said they have had issues with released inmates in the past.

Quattrone is willing to continue searching for a new location for the re-entry hub. That says something about the importance the sheriff places on finding a way to make re-entering society for those released from the county jail. It’s the right thing to do. We can’t say the concerns raised about 28 S. Erie St. are unfounded – but we hope village residents don’t oppose every location Quattrone proposes. The county jail is located in their backyard, and that means something worthwhile like a re-entry hub for released inmates will have to be located in their backyard, too. But if done correctly, the re-entry hub could improve the yard for everyone.