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Ohio lawmakers say they want to reform the criminal justice system while continuing to introduce bills that enhance penalties and create new offenses.
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Although bipartisanship isn't seen frequently these days, there seems to be some agreement from both sides of the aisle on the need to reform bail in Ohio.
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Over the past few years, police departments across the country have grappled with what to do when a video in their possession captures the use of deadly force by a police officer.
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Even with bipartisan support to reduce Ohio's prison population, state lawmakers are increasing the number of felonies and penalties defendants face.
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Officially, the new docket in Administrative Judge Brendan Sheehan’s Cuyahoga County courtroom is called the violence intervention program. Unofficially, it’s the gun docket. Sheehan got into the details of their lives with several of the program’s participants during recent hearings, asking each: Where are they working? Are they getting their high school diploma? Have they pursued trauma counseling with MetroHealth System?
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Despite a push to prioritize human trafficking in Ohio, labor trafficking continues to get less attention from media and law enforcement than sex trafficking.
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Part of Ohio’s approach to combatting human trafficking is arresting people for selling sex. But some experts argue that arrests make people more vulnerable to being trafficked.
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Anti-human trafficking nonprofits and government agencies, including those in Ohio, have a problem with sharing misinformation.
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Ohio leaders have made human trafficking a priority. But what do we really know about how trafficking happens in the state? In the first part of WYSO’s series Trafficked, hear the story of one survivor and the challenges she is still up against.
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For the first time since November, a Senate committee heard testimony on a bill to eliminate the time limit on prosecuting rapes .
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Gov. Mike DeWine says the state is keeping a close eye on the Cuyahoga County Jail system and the problems it’s had with inmate deaths and use of force....
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Gov. Mike DeWine's task force that has been studying the state's system for tracking arrest warrants is out with its recommendations. And a request for...