Policy Framework to Reduce Corrections Spending & Reinvest Savings in Strategies that Can Reduce Crime
This brief highlights key findings from the comprehensive analysis of Ohio's corrections and criminal justice system that was done as part of Justice Reinvestment and presents a policy framework to address the state's criminal justice challenges.
February 2011 | The Council of State Governments Justice Center
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