COLUMBUS - The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio released a new report today titled “Prisons for Profit: A look at private prisons” that explores the negative impacts prison privatization has brought to other states.
AKRON - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio urged members of Summit County Council and Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander to scrap a proposal to charge inmates at the county jail with booking and housing fees.
COLUMBUS - Today, 43 signatories sent a letter to Gov. Strickland, Senate President Harris, and Speaker Budish, urging them to convene the 128th General Assembly to consider Senate Bill 22 and House Bill 235.
CLEVELAND- Poor defendants are being jailed at increasingly alarming rates for failing to pay legal debts they can never hope to afford, according to a new report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union.
COLUMBUS- Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio released a new report called “Reform Cannot Wait: A Comprehensive Examination of the Cost of Incarceration in Ohio from 1991-2010.” The report is a survey of two decades of studies that document ineffective policies, inefficient us of fu
COLUMBUS- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio appeared before the Ohio Supreme Court today challenging retroactive application of Ohio Senate Bill 10, known as the Adam Walsh Act.