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02.19.19
“Why Are Our Prisons So Overcrowded?” Asks Lawmaker As He Votes For Sentence Enhancement Bill
Emma Keeshin
I wish this was a satirical headline published by The Onion. But it’s something we actually see and hear in the halls of the Statehouse from the officials we Ohioans have elected to represent us.
Because of policy decisions, our state’s incarceration rate has more than quadrupled since 1970.
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