by Marais Jacon-Duffy | Jun 4, 2020 | News, Policy Reform
On June 4, after more than a week of protests across the United States and almost three months into a global pandemic, The Ohio Justice & Policy Center and the Cincinnati Black United Front released a list of eight recommendations. These are concrete ways for law...
by Marais Jacon-Duffy | Mar 20, 2020 | News, Policy Reform
The Ohio Justice & Policy Center’s recommendations to minimize the scale and spread of the new coronavirus in our criminal legal system Our list of recommendationsDownload Ohio’s leaders took swift action to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Large...
by Marais Jacon-Duffy | Mar 4, 2020 | Death Penalty, News, Policy Reform
Originally published March 4, 2020 The death penalty is a failed public policy. The Ohio Justice & Policy Center is eager for the advancement of a new, bipartisan Ohio Senate bill that would end the practice of executions in our state. State Sen. Nickie J. Antonio...
by Marais Jacon-Duffy | Jan 13, 2020 | News, Policy Reform
As we dive into a new year, here is an update on criminal-legal legislation at the Ohio Statehouse Compilation and analysis by OJPC’s Policy Director, Kevin Werner Senate Bills Pending: Senate Bill 3 (Eklund-R, O’Brien-D) Express intent...
by Marais Jacon-Duffy | Jul 10, 2019 | Bail reform, Blog, Policy Reform
How our oppressive bail system hurts real people
by Marais Jacon-Duffy | Jun 24, 2019 | News, Policy Reform, Sentencing Reform
Legislators have heard us loud and clear: We want real reform that safely decarcerates Ohio’s overcrowded prisons and recognizes Ohio cannot incarcerate its way out of the drug epidemic. In the first six months of the 133rd General Assembly, OJPC has been a force for...
