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"Ohio Prison Reform/Criminal History Legislation"

This post was written by Chuck Kellendorf:  "The Columbus Dispatch, Wednesday morning, had two mentions of bills that have been introduced in the Ohio Senate we found of interest.

Senate Bill 22 (article) (bill analysis)

"'We are at a crisis in the state of Ohio,' Ohio ACLU legal director James Hardiman was quoted as saying, in releasing 'Reform Cannot Wait,' a report examining the cost and impact of prison incarceration and spending from 1991 to the present... It summarized the findings of other reports over nearly two decades and reached the same conclusions: Ohio sends far too many people to prison, spends an inordinate amount of money on adult and youth prisons, and has done little to reduce crime and recidivism..."

Senate Bill 291 (Dispatch's article)

Introduced by Sen. Shirley Smith, Senate Bill 291 would "preclude civil actions against an employer for failures to do a criminal background checks, prohibit an employer from inquiring into the criminal history of a job applicant until the applicant has been selected for an interview, or refuse to hire a job applicant because the applicant committed an offense unrelated to the job..."

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Source: Hamilton County Law Library Blog,  20 August 2010. Reproduced with permission.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).