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03.27.20
Advocacy Groups Send Request to Governor DeWine: Reduce Incarcerated Populations Immediately
COLUMBUS – On Friday, March 27, the ACLU of Ohio, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Ohio Transformation Fund, and Policy Matters Ohio sent a letter urging state officials to, among other requests, immediately reduce state and local incarcerated populations amid the COVID-19 public health crisis. The advocacy groups offer specific legal tools to safely and quickly Read more…
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy
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03.26.20
Ohio Prison & Youth Facilities Now Providing Daily Updates Re: COVID-19 Following Coalition Request
COLUMBUS – Amid public pressure for enhanced transparency, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) and the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS), complied with advocacy groups’ request for daily, public report-outs on the COVID-19 situation in Ohio’s prisons and youth facilities. On Tuesday, March 24, the ACLU of Ohio and other advocacy groups Read more…
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy
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03.24.20
Ohio Advocacy Groups Urge Ongoing Transparency Regarding COVID-19 Concerns in Prisons and Youth Facilities
COLUMBUS – Today the ACLU of Ohio, Americans for Prosperity-Ohio, Juvenile Justice Coalition, the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Ohio Student Association, and Policy Matters Ohio sent a letter to Governor DeWine, ODRC Director Chambers-Smith, and DYS Director Gies with three sets of questions about the COVID-19 crisis Read more…
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy
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03.24.20
Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Brief in Ex Rel Ohio Democratic Party v LaRose
COLUMBUS– Today the ACLU of Ohio, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Dēmos filed an amicus brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute in the case Ex Rel Ohio Democratic Party v Frank LaRose, a case in which Ohio political parties are Read more…
Voting Rights
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03.19.20
Ohio Voting Rights Groups Demand Voter Registration Deadline Be Extended
COLUMBUS – Today, League of Women Voters of Ohio, A. Philip Randolph Institute Ohio, ACLU of Ohio, Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, and Demos sent a letter to Ohio Secretary State Frank LaRose demanding that changes to the Primary Election calendar comply with the National Voter Registration Act and the Ohio Constitution. Secretary LaRose’s March Read more…
Voting Rights