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August 16, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction: (Columbus, OH)- Over a dozen of Ohio’s prisons have hosted fundraising walks to raise money for a cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), all organized by Tony Brigano, a retired Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) warden. Brigano, who retired as the warden at Lebanon Correctional Institution in 2003, started Walk MS in Ohio’s prisons seven years ago. The proceeds go to the National MS Society, a 501C 3 nonprofit. His daughter, Michelle, has MS and is the driving force behind his walks. Brigano and his team walk to raise money for research in hopes of finding a cure for the auto-immune disease.