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Ohio bill to require U.S.-made flags could expand job training for incarcerated women

A proposal to ban state agencies from buying United States and Ohio flags that weren’t made in the U.S. could expand ...
WOSU Public Media

New ‘Freedom Libraries’ bring literature and hope to Ohio prisons

The works of George Orwell, Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood have found a new home inside two Ohio prisons. The Ohio Women’s Reformatory and Southeastern Correctional Institution are bringing in ...
Cleveland Scene

Ohio Lawmakers Propose Bill to Track Pregnancy Outcomes in Jails and Prisons

A Marshall Project - Cleveland and News 5 investigation helped spark a bipartisan bill to track pregnancy outcomes in Ohio ...
WKBN Youngstown on MSN

Nurse, corrections officer, charged by feds with smuggling contraband at NEOCC

Jodi Johnson, 47, and Brenda Dixon, 62, are each charged in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio with single counts of ...
Cleveland Scene

Ohio Prisons Expand Intrusive Opening and Reading of Confidential Legal Mail

A lawsuit argues that incarcerated people seeking legal advice on sensitive matters should be free from eavesdropping ...
Yahoo

Ohio Justice & Policy Center celebrates revitalization of women's project

CINCINNATI — The Ohio Justice & Policy Center officially unveiled the revitalization of their women’s project, now officially known as Her Voice, at their annual fundraising event held Wednesday, Sept ...