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A new study shows Ohio as a national leader in diverting juveniles to lower-cost community programs instead of prison.The national study by the Office of…
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Advocates who want to decrease the prison population in Ohio say reforming the criminal justice system is just one step—first, they’ll have to put an end…
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Ohio’s prison system has become the state’s largest mental health provider, and the state is hoping to work with advocates in the mental health community…
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A state representative from Miami Township is calling on the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections to investigate Dayton Correctional…
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Inmates at Ohio's highest security prison have entered the second week of a hunger strike protesting recreation and programming restrictions that include…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich'sproposed $72 billion budget would boost the number of state workers helping prison inmates beat drug and…
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MORAINE, Ohio (AP) The mayor of Moraine says an American arrested and held for nearly six months in North Korea for leaving a Bible at a nightclub will…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — About 100 Ohio prison workers have picketed outside Department of Rehabilitation and Correction headquarters claiming that staff…
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Twenty-seven percent of Ohio's ex-offenders go back to prison according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. That number is lower than the national…
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There are problems with maggots, food shortages and contraband in state prisons, and the committee that inspects those facilities is blaming a private…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The union representing Ohio prison guards wants an extra 400 officers to combat what it calls a sharp increase in the number of…
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The rules on meals, showers and other issues in local jails may soon be changing. The state prisons department says the new rules will give local law…