CLEVELAND — Today the ACLU of Ohio and Policy Matters Ohio released disturbing new data showing that the COVID-19 death rate in Ohio prisons is nearly 10 times higher than in Ohio’s general population.
CINCINNATI – The ACLU of Ohio welcomes Elizabeth Hopkins as its new Director of Organizing.
COLUMBUS — At 1pm this afternoon, the Ohio House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 55.
COLUMBUS— On May 4, the ACLU of Ohio filed public records requests with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections seeking information about the handling and management of COVID-19 in Ohio prisons.
The ACLU of Ohio is seeking:
COLUMBUS — Early this morning the ACLU of Ohio filed an amended complaint and new habeas petition in the federal court for the Southern District of Ohio on behalf of 20 ICE detainees in Morrow County Jail.
CINCINNATI — On May 4, a three-judge panel on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously denying the Bureau of Prisons request to stay enforcement of the district court order to begin transfer and release of 837 medically-vulnerable prisoners from Elkton FCI.