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04.12.21
ACLU of Ohio and OJPC Sue ODRC for Illegally Garnishing Prisoners’ Emergency Relief Checks in order to Pay Court Fees
COLUMBUS — Today the ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center filed a lawsuit challenging the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s (ODRC) policy of garnishing money from prisoners’ COVID-19 relief funds to pay a fines, fees, costs, and other debts to courts and state agencies. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued Read more…
Criminal Justice
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03.24.21
ACLU of Ohio to Ohio University: Continue Funding and Programmatic Support for Center for Law, Justice, and Culture
ATHENS- Today, ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to Ohio University Provost Elizabeth Sayrs and Dean Florenz Plassmann expressing our “serious concerns” about the potential defunding of Ohio University’s Center for Law, Justice, and Culture. The following statement can be attributed to J. Bennett Guess, Executive Director of the ACLU of Ohio: “Since CLJC’s inception, Read more…
Criminal Justice
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03.24.21
Statewide Poll on Cash Bail Reveals Voters Want to Significantly Reform Ohio’s Pretrial Justice System
COLUMBUS —Today a large network of organizations, including the ACLU of Ohio and Ohio Conservatives for Bail Reform, 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 Read more…
Criminal Justice
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03.12.21
ACLU of Ohio Files Amicus in Support of Man Unlawfully Arrested for Exercising First Amendment Rights Against Police at County Fair
COLUMBUS – Today the ACLU of Ohio filed a brief as amicus curiae to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Wood v. Eubanks, a case addressing an individual’s First Amendment right to publicly criticize the police. Michael Wood was unlawfully arrested at the Clark County fairgrounds after criticizing law enforcement Read more…
Criminal Justice
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02.25.21
ACLU of Ohio, Children’s Law Center, and Juvenile Justice Coalition Condemn Lack of Transparency Around Teen’s Death in Ohio Facility
COLUMBUS – Following the death of a teenager in Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility (CJCF) in August 2020 and continued calls for transparency, ACLU of Ohio, Children’s Law Center, and Juvenile Justice Coalition released the following statement: “It has been almost six months since a young person died alone in a locked cell at the Circleville Read more…
Criminal Justice