Research & Publications

A Side-By-Side Comparison: Ohio Fairness Act, Equality Act and Bostock Decision

A large network of organizations, released a statewide public opinion poll of voters’ views on criminal justice and the pretrial system, and the results show that a strong majority of Ohioans believe the current system is deeply flawed and are eager to support commonsense bail reform policies.

We hosted this Listening Campaign through two key avenues: Community Conversations and Community Surveys, beginning on July 29, 2020, with the Statewide Action Team Call, and ending in December 2020.

With pro bono support, The ACLU of Ohio created a police contract negotiation toolkit for Columbus.

These flowcharts break down the process for the map drawing process in Ohio for both the U.S. Congressional map and Ohio State Legislature map.

Ohio’s General Assembly has a serious mass incarceration problem. Each year, legislators of both parties introduce laws that create new crimes or extend the scope of existing laws and lengthen prison and jail sentences. This is the Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline.

A one page overview of Ohio’s Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline 133rd General Assembly (2019-2020).

Across Ohio, in our Statehouse, our courtrooms, our jails and prisons, and on our streets, drug courts are promoted as a significant answer to drug crimes and the treatment of substance use disorders.

The Story of Self Workbook is a tool used by our organizing team to inruct others on how to create a powerful and relatable narrative about themselves for use in organizing around important issues across the state.