Ohio awards $34 million in post-prison grants Ohio’s prisons department has announced $34 million in grants to local probation departments and courts. The grants will pay for community alternatives to prison, such as substance abuse treatment programs and electronic monitoring, in the hope of reducing crime and keeping low-level, nonviolent offenders out of prison. […]
Category: Reentry
Northeast Reintegration Center Re-Entry/Job Fair
Northeast Reintegration Center Re-Entry/Job Fair Hi all – Please help spread the word! Dear Community Support Partner, My name is Dionne Eslick and I am the Acting Unit Management Chief at Northeast Reintegration Center. Northeast is a female correctional center located in Cleveland and our mission is to prepare these low […]
Pictures and Social Justice
Pictures and Social Justice I always like it when LEAF members want to share information with the group. Sharing and helping each other through these times is what we’re about! This information was provided by Leonita. Here are two pieces on your pictures of impacts of incarceration and social justice. First the pictures…even though this […]
A mission to reform lives behind bars
A Mission to Reform Lives Previously I posted an article where Washington Post columnist George Will waxed on about how Ohio should be the national model for corrections reform. Here’s another favorable article in which Will writes more about Ohio’s efforts to lower recidivism The article focuses on women’s corrections. Eventually most inmates reenter […]
True Cost of Incarceration
Here are two articles forwarded to us by the Diocese of Columbus which is interested in starting a LEAF group there. (Praise the Lord!) The true cost of incarceration is under reported because what’s reported in the news reflects only the line item costs in the Ohio State budget for ODRC. The true cost of […]
TAPP – Helping With Inmate Jobs
TAPP – Helping With Inmate Jobs Ohio is serious about lowering the recidivism rate. Finding a job is one of the largest challenges facing our “returning citizens” as they transition from prison life to real life on the outside. To help with this transition, OH!Manufacturing and the Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections started the […]
80% Release Opportunity
Does Your Loved One Qualify for an 80% Release Opportunity? Release and reunification with our loved one is a day to which we all look forward. Did you know for some crimes the State offers an “80% release opportunity”? What’s this? Basically for non-violent, non-sexual crimes the inmate may have an opportunity for […]
Making Northeast Ohio Communities Safer
This invitation has been well circulated, but just in case you missed it! 2015 Summit on Making Northeast Ohio Communities Safer On behalf of the Northeast Region of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, I’d like to extend an invitation to you to attend the 2015 Summit on Making Northeast Ohio Communities […]
Ohio Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition
Ohio Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition Ex-Offender reentry issues are a topic not just for families of the incarcerated. It is something in which every citizen should take an interest. In 2014 over 21,000 inmates completed their time and were released to Ohio towns and cities. It just makes sense we want this transition back to productive […]
Ohio HB 56 Targets Felon Hiring Bias
Ohio HB 56 Targets Felon Hiring Bias Ohio’s House Bill 56 targets felon hiring bias during the job application process. The bipartisan legislation “bans the box” by making it illegal to ask applicants to identify their criminal record when initially completing an employment application. “Ban the Box” legislation, as it is called, has been […]