Ohio prisons, like others around the country, are overcrowded and understaffed. Many states are looking for ways to alleviate this pressure on the Corrections system. Here in Ohio, Terry Collins, the Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, is suggesting lawmakers relax sentencing on non-violent drug offenders.
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Ohio wouldn’t be the first state to look at their drug laws and reconsider harsh sentencing practices that have been in use over the past 3 decades. The war on drugs, which according to Collins we have already lost, has resulted in thousands of non-violent offenders being put away for years, further stressing the Department. [read more...]
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