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New report taking "the long view" on Ohio's crowded prisons notes Blakely's impact

By Douglas A. Berman

The Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission has released this fascinating new report titled "Prison Crowding: The Long View, With Suggestions." There are lots of interesting part of this document, but these parts from the executive summary strike me as especially blog-worthy: Most of this report takes you through the recent history of Ohio?s prison population (see A Short Primer on Prison Crowding, beginning on p. 4).  As Ohio faces record deficits and record prison populations, that primer should be worth 15 minutes of your time.  The table on p. 6 is especially useful.  Several informed suggestions designed to ease the problem begin on p. 14.  Here are a few of the report?s highlights: ? Ohio prisons now hold about 50,500. That?s 6½ times the number held in 1974...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 07, 2011 (boomark / email).