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Ohio Eliminates Prison Oversight Committee; Reduces Prison Funding
The Ohio legislature reduced funding for the state prison system that will result in the elimination of 1,100 jobs within the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC). The May 2001 legislative action also eliminates a prison oversight committee.
Ohio prison officials began hiring hundreds of prison guards after a deadly …
Ohio prison officials began hiring hundreds of prison guards after a deadly …
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More from this issue:
- ALEC in the House: Corporate Bias in Criminal Justice Legislation, by Brigette Sarabi
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Private Prison Lobbying Group Founded, by Ronald Young
- Ohio Eliminates Prison Oversight Committee; Reduces Prison Funding, by Ronald Young
- Corrections Corporation of America Announces Closing of Youngstown Prison, by Ronald Young
- World Court Upholds Foreigners' Right to Contact Their Embassies
- Iowa Law Library Consent Decree Terminated Under PLRA
- Michigan Prisoners Awarded Nearly $7,000 for Retaliatory Transfers, by Lonnie Burton
- West Virginia Supreme Court Fails to Cure Prison Overcrowding - Again
- Escapes Are Violent Crimes Under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
- CCA Guard is "Public Official" Under Bribery Statute
- Complaint Claims Texas Psychiatrist Molested Prisoner Patients
- Missouri and Benetton Settle Lawsuit Over Death Row Advertisements
- Tarrant County (Texas) Jail's 'God Pod' Unconstitutional
- Philadelphia City Prison Fined $1 Million
- Released NYC Prisoners Win Mental Health Benefits
- Attorney Seeks Answers in Aftermath of New Mexico Riot
- Denial of Clothing to Arrestees States Claim for Relief; Suit Settles for $31,500
- Pennsylvania Court Upholds Part of Prisoner's Request for Public Records
- Colorado ACLU Settles Restraint Board Suit, by Ronald Young
- California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct, by Willie Wisely
- BOP Smoking Suit Dismissed
- $250,000 in Hawaii Beating Death
- Indiana Prisoners Riot in CCA Prison
- Colorado Restraint Board Death Case Settled, by Bill Trine
- Texas Gives $2 Million to Proselytizing Prison Program
- Ohio Appellate Court Holds No Privacy Right in Urine
- Damages Awarded in Ohio Disciplinary Suit
- Washington DOC Suffers Yet Another Multi-Million Dollar Negligent Supervision Settlement, by Lonnie Burton
- No Refund or Cancellation of Filing Fees on Appeal
- Indigent Texas Prisoners Subject to 31 Day Statute of Limitations
- Michigan Disciplinary Hearing Class Action Settled
- Eighth Circuit Applies Turner Test to Control Unit Conditions Case
- New Trial Ordered in Excessive Use of Force Suit
- En Banc Third Circuit Rules on PLRA Three Strikes
- Prisoners Entitled to Hearing Before Consent Decree Termination, by John E Dannenberg
- New Jersey Prisoners Exempt from Exhaustion Requirement
- U.S. Marshal's Conviction for Raping Prisoners Affirmed
- PLRA Screening Applies Regardless of Fee Status
- News in Brief
More from Ronald Young:
- Private Prison Lobbying Group Founded, Jan. 15, 2002
- Ohio Eliminates Prison Oversight Committee; Reduces Prison Funding, Jan. 15, 2002
- Corrections Corporation of America Announces Closing of Youngstown Prison, Jan. 15, 2002
- Colorado ACLU Settles Restraint Board Suit, Jan. 15, 2002
- New Missouri Mega-Prison Mothballed, Dec. 15, 2001
- Texas Jury Awards $70,000 in Prison Stabbing, Dec. 15, 2001
- Arizona CCA Prison Found 'In Turmoil', Dec. 15, 2001
- Family of BOP Prisoner Awarded $1.1 Million in Wrongful Death Suit, Dec. 15, 2001
- Blind Ohio Prisoner Spends Months in Strip Cell, Nov. 15, 2001
- Mississippi Taxpayers Fund Welfare Payments to Private Prisons, Nov. 15, 2001
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