Crime in Ohio

As a result of the Justice Department report, the city of Cleveland has agreed to a consent decree to revise its policies and implement new independent oversight over the police force.

[8] Nurses have been logging in more overtime hours in the Ohio prison system, and it is costing the state's taxpayers millions of dollars.

With a shortage of nurses, there is no choice but to send those already hired into overtime pay to properly supply inmates with the care they need.

[10] There are racial disparities in Ohio's prison system, with African Americans and Latinos being overrepresented compared to the number of whites.

The highest paying job in the field was that of a lawyer (14,960 employed in the state), making a mean annual wage of $105,520.

[13] Issue 1 was on the ballot in the November 2018 general election in Ohio, and it included reformed sentencing for drug offenses.

If Issue 1 had been implemented, the state would have been required to utilize the money it saved from the decline of inmates on new programs that help rehabilitate offenders in a more productive manner.