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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Supreme Court upholds lawsuit by female inmate who says she was molested in Marysville prison. |
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By Jo Ingles - January 24, 2011 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court says Ohio's prison officials did nothing to prevent the 2002 sexual assault of a female inmate in Marysville by a guard. The judges unanimously agreed that an appeals court was wrong to throw out a $625,000 judgement awarded to Michelle Ortiz. In an interview with Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles, Ohio Rehabilitation and Corrections Department spokesman Carlo LoParo says the agency is trying to figure out what happens next. |
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Carlo LoParo with Jo Ingles (:48) 
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| Ortiz was serving a one year sentence at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in November 2002 when she was fondled and molested by a prison guard at that lockup. When she discussed the two attacks with other inmates, she was shackled and sent to solitary confinement. |
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