Incarceration

We meet Auria Morales, who found a helping hand at the Fringe Coffee House in Hamilton, when she got out of prison a year ago.

We meet Auria Morales, who found a helping hand at the Fringe Coffee House in Hamilton, when she got out of prison a year ago.

We meet Lorrie Carter, the first employee of The Fringe Coffee House in Hamilton, a place where formerly incarcerated citizens can find work and the help they need to re-enter society.

We meet Lorrie Carter, the first employee of The Fringe Coffee House in Hamilton, a place where formerly incarcerated citizens can find work and the help they need to re-enter society.

Research suggests access to public health insurance can help curb recidivism. Reentry organizations in Missouri are working to enroll people in Medicaid after they leave prison to keep them from coming back.

Chris Hedges returned to the program with another powerful book. Here's Vick Mickunas' review of the book, which ran recently in the Cox Ohio newspapers.

A similar proposal was soundly rejected last year. Advocates for the new jail say it’s desperately needed. But opponents say a new jail won’t fix a broken system.

The Montgomery County Justice Coalition is hoping to get more insight into the construction of the new county jail. County commissioners have refused to attend their panels.

Everyone incarcerated in Ohio’s prisons can be classified in one of two groups – those who are commonly referred to as “old law inmates” and those known as “new law inmates.” The dividing line is July 1, 1996. That’s when Ohio changed the parole board system.

For a while now, state prisons have semi-officially been letting priests bring in sacramental wine for inmates' communions. Ohio’s new state budget now makes it legal. But even before COVID-19 locked down inmate communions, county jail inmates only received grape juice.

Ohio lawmakers say they want to reform the criminal justice system while continuing to introduce bills that enhance penalties and create new offenses.

The Greene County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on a proposal to build a larger jail.