by sd_admin | Aug 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Kevin Werner OJPC and Partners Launch Collateral Sanction Campaign The Ohio Justice & Policy Center is collaborating with the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Building Freedom Ohio and the Ohio Transformation Fund to create a multi-year campaign designed to combat...
by sd_admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Relapse Reduction Act (SB25) Ohio Bill Aims to “Move the State Forward” in the Fight Against The Opioid Epidemic Last fall the Senate passed the Relapse Reduction Act (SB25). The bill aims to protect patients suffering from substance abuse. It does this by...
by Assia Johnson | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog, News, Uncategorized
CINCINNATI, OH—The Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC) has honored Sheila Donaldson Johnson with a day of recognition from Mayor Pureval and the City of Cincinnati for her 20 years of service with the organization and in honor of Women’s History Month. Sheila...
by sd_admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Policy Reform, Uncategorized
with volunteer staff writer Courtney Drenan Last month, the Ohio Senate began debating SB288. This nearly 1,800 page piece of legislation has taken more than five years to paste together. It’s a variety pack of criminal justice reforms, incorporating more than a half...
by Assia Johnson | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Lavado Townsend has a new job. A charismatic, talkative Cleveland native in his early 50s, Lavado recently became a certified Peer Recovery Supporter, and is now a case manager at an addiction recovery center. His first days on the job were pleasantly hectic:...
by Marais Jacon-Duffy | Jun 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Written by OJPC volunteer Lily Meyer Ohio Senator Nickie Antonio, a Democrat representing the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, has introduced legislation that would ban the state’s death penalty every General Assembly since she was elected in 2011. This year, though,...