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05.06.20
ACLU of Ohio Urges Wholesale Rejection of Senate Bill 55, Ohio House Set to Vote at 1pm
COLUMBUS — At 1pm this afternoon, the Ohio House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 55. This legislation is designed to add significantly more people to Ohio’s already dangerously overcrowded prison system, at a time when Ohio has gained national and international attention about the widespread problems with COVID-19 in ODRC facilities. Read more…
Criminal Justice
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05.05.20
ACLU of Ohio Files Formal Request with ODRC For Public Records re Handling and Management of COVID-19 in Ohio Prisons
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: 1.) Any and all records containing recommendations, proposals, calculations, forecasts, plans, and procedures, currently in use and Read more…
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy
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05.05.20
ACLU of Ohio Files New Habeas Petition in Federal Court, Seeking Release of 20 Additional ICE Detainees from Morrow County Jail
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. As of May 1, staff at Morrow announced that at least 50 of the detainees had tested positive Read more…
Criminal Justice
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05.04.20
VICTORY: Sixth Circuit Denies Bureau of Prisons Request to Stall Release & Transfer of Medically Vulnerable Prisoners from Elkton
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. The ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Justice and Policy Center brought Read more…
Criminal Justice
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04.30.20
ACLU of Ohio Response to Press Briefing with ODRC Director Chambers-Smith
We learned very little from ODRC Director Chambers-Smith ‘report’ at today’s press briefing, and we are incredibly disappointed and concerned that members of the Ohio news media were denied the opportunity to ask her directly about the crises in Ohio’s state prisons, where 31 people have died. Testing is not enough. Our prisons are nationwide Read more…
Criminal Justice, Drug Policy