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06.17.16
Orange is the New Black Tackles Prisons For Profit
By Dan Rogan
Orange is the New Black – the binge-worthy, Peabody Award Winning, Netflix series – returns with Season 4 on June 17. Last season, the fictional Litchfield Correctional Facility faced closing its doors due to lack of funding and is soon after taken over by a private prison corporation.
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11.20.15
Ohio Must Stop Executions of People with Severe Mental Illness
By Chris Geggie
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio supports a bipartisan bill which seeks to spare those with severe and persistent mental illness from facing execution in the state of Ohio. This bill came out of the Ohio Supreme Court Task Force, which recommends an end to this barbaric practice.
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11.06.15
A Call for Justice: Piper Kerman at the 2015 Ed Likover Memorial Lecture
By Dan Rogan
“We must talk seriously about criminal justice reform because of how close it is connected to racial justice,” said Piper Kerman, discussing the intrinsic relationship between the two issues. Piper’s words struck a chord over 300 attendees at this year’s Ed Likover Memorial Lecture.
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10.16.15
The Harsh Realities of Prison, Through the Lens of Piper Kerman, Author of Orange is the New Black
By Dan Rogan
Prison is not the easiest topic to make entertaining, but The Washington Post called “Orange is the New Black” “the best TV show about prison ever made.” Of course “Orange is the New Black” is not all entertainment, and not entirely fiction.
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09.14.15
“Orange is the New Black” Author to Speak at Upcoming Ed Likover Memorial Lecture
By Dan Rogan
Are you hooked on the Peabody Award-winning, critically acclaimed Netflix series “Orange is the New Black?”
The stories of main character Piper Chapman’s time in prison have been shown on screens across the country, and brought prison issues to the conscience of the general public.
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04.29.15
Ohio Prisons, Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness
By Adrienne Gavula
Let’s imagine…
You are locked inside a room the size of your bathroom for 23 hours a day and let outside for one hour, but only when it’s warm and only in a cage the size of a walk-in closet. Your meals are eaten inside this room, and there is limited reading and television access.
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02.04.15
No Executions in 2015! Now’s the Time for Real Reform
By Mike Brickner
The end of 2014 was not a good moment in Ohio’s long and sordid history with the death penalty.
In the final weeks of session, the General Assembly passed House Bill 663 (HB 663), which shrouded executions in unnecessary and dangerous secrecy that could lead to yet another botched execution.