Ohio Increases Prison Spending, Decreases Recidivism

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Increased staff and rehabilitative programs could soon be added to Ohio correctional facilities thanks to Gov. John Kasich’s mid-biennium budget. The $53.5 million infusion to the state’s strained correctional system would be used to hire nearly 90 new employees, mostly correctional officers, and establish new beds in halfway houses and community-based correctional centers.

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Change in Management for Ohio Facilities

MARION, Ohio — Ohio is expected to save more than $13 million with the changes put in place to consolidate and privatize its correctional facilities.

Three Ohio state prisons have a change in management or operations as part of a consolidation and privatization effort by Gov. John Kasich.

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