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Ohio’s program to fast-track clemency for people convicted of felonies clears 100 pardons
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An attempted robbery conviction hung like a black cloud over Carla Thomas for more than 20 years. The Akron woman told an audience at Ohio… Read More
DeWine establishes a task force to look at Ohio’s youth corrections system
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the state has formed a task force to examine, and propose solutions to, problems within the state’s juvenile justice… Read More
Liberation Now!
A new group that explores different social justice issues through a variety of media and with rotating facilitators – maybe even you! Come meet other advocates and activists every other… Read More
Prison nurseries allow for ‘intimate moments’ important to childhood development
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MARYSVILLE, Ohio (OVR) — Every morning Gianna wakes up in a wooden crib next to her mother’s bed. Sunlight streams through the window, warming the room and displaying the razor-wire… Read More
Lawsuit argues Ohio’s police officers aren’t meeting state training requirements
By: Matt Richmond | ideastream
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CLEVELAND (Ideastream) — Mariah Crenshaw has spent years building a case that officers around Ohio are violating state law simply by continuing to serve as officers. It started in 2014…. Read More
ShotSpotter generates thousands of alerts in Dayton, but officers find few crimes
By: Mawa Iqbal | WYSO
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DAYTON, Ohio (WYSO) — It’s a typical Tuesday at the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center. In a dimly-lit room, dispatchers hunch over computer monitors, responding to 911 calls through headsets. The… Read More
Senate President Pushes Back On Report Blaming Lawmakers For Prison Population
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio says nearly one in eight bills introduced by state lawmakers either creates a new crime or expands sentences. But the leader… Read More