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Report Recommends Lowering Ohio Parole Officers’ Caseload
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new report is recommending that Ohio lower the caseload of the officers who monitor inmates after release. The report released Monday says the current caseload is one parole officer for every 76 inmates. It also says that should be reduced to one officer for every 50 inmates in general and… Read More

Governor to Announce Changes to Paroled Inmate Monitoring
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is announcing changes to the way Ohio monitors inmates who have been released from prison but are still being monitored by the state. The governor ordered a review of the state parole system following the alleged involvement of a recently released offender in a crash that killed… Read More

DeWine Creates Process to Expedite Pardons for Some Former Offenders
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. Mike DeWine says he wants to make it easier and quicker for people who have long-ago criminal convictions to be considered for pardons. DeWine says he often sees pardon applications for murderers, rapists and other offenders. “They got a snowball’s chance in hell of getting granted, some of them. And so they’re kind of… Read More