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Posted December 01, 2018 in eNews
10 percent: The number of Ohio neighborhoods in areas where 40 percent or more of residents lived below the federal poverty line in 2016. That’s double the number in 2000. This is part of the... read more
Posted November 17, 2018 in eNews
1.5 million+: That’s how many Ohioans voted for sentencing reform last week. Although Issue 1 didn’t pass, there is energy in Ohio to reform policies that pack our prisons with nonviolent offenders and allow our... read more
Posted November 03, 2018 in eNews
4,400: The number of times people shared this Issue 1 op-ed Executive Director Amy Hanauer wrote for Cleveland.com. Issue 1 will reduce our bloated prison population and direct more money to treatment, making our communities... read more
Posted October 13, 2018 in eNews
$3.4 billion: The amount Ohio loses in wages each year due to barriers that keep people with previous convictions from getting good jobs. Our latest analysis shows how Issue 1 will remove roadblocks for thousands... read more
Posted September 29, 2018 in eNews
32 percent: The amount Ohio prisons are over capacity. The system is designed to hold about 37,500, but today more than 49,500 people are in Ohio prisons. 350 percent: The amount Ohio’s prison population has grown... read more
Posted September 15, 2018 in eNews
Data bonanza: Nerds like us love when the Census updates data. Hannah Halbert looked at the new numbers and found that, despite many good things in the economy, 1.6 million Ohioans—including 500,000 kids – are... read more
Posted August 25, 2018 in eNews
This edition of eNews is tailor-made for the data wonks in the audience. It features the numbers that drive our work and guide our policy. Plus a couple of cute dogs! * * * <14,000: People incarcerated... read more
Posted August 11, 2018 in eNews
It’s been quiet around our offices since our team of interns started heading out after an amazingly productive summer. They kept the offices humming, conducting research, crunching numbers, and letting us know the coolest places... read more
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