Butler County Journal-News: Coronavirus in Ohio prisons: For Hamilton woman, 'The stress ... is horrible.'
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Ohio’s prison system is designed to hold about 35,000 inmates but currently holds 49,000. Overcrowding is a way of life inside.
Criminal justice reform groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Ohio Justice & Policy Center, Policy Matters Ohio, Justice Action Network and others, have urged DeWine to take more dramatic steps to release nonviolent prisoners, particularly those with health conditions that put them at high risk for complications from COVID-19.