An organization that tracks and assists art programming in Ohio’s prisons.
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding correspondence with individuals incarcerated in Ohio state prisons.
Looking for a new podcast? “The Steep Road to Freedom” is a podcast produced by the ACLU of Ohio about work to reform and ultimately eliminate the cash bail system in Ohio.
(Listen for OJPC staff on Episode 3!)
A listing of all state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions.
A catalogue of all Ohio Trial Courts’ website and links to local rules.
Individuals have the ability to request a copy of their own computerized criminal history from Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations to review for accuracy and completeness.
Incarceration trends for Ohio — including rates, population information, and comparison to national and neighboring state trends.
Ohio has an incarceration rate of 679 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities), meaning that it locks up a higher percentage of its people than many wealthy democracies do. Read on to learn more about who is incarcerated in Ohio and why.
Ohio’s reliance on cash bail has perpetuated a two-tiered system of justice: one for the wealthy and one for the rest of us. We can’t end mass incarceration without ending the bail system as we know it.