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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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| Ohio's Up-and-Down Prison Population
Levels Off. |
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By Bill Cohen - July 3, 2001 |
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Ohio's up-and-down prison population has finally leveled off. For 25 years,
beginning in the early 1970's the number of inmates in Ohio prisons mushroomed
by about 700 percent. Then, in 1998, it started dropping. Now, corrections department
spokesman Joe Andrews tells Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen that the prison
population is fairly stable. Ohio corrections department spokesman Joe Andrews
says before the prison-building boom of the 1980's, Ohio had only 12 lockups.
Now, the state has 34. |
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Bill Cohen reports (2:54) 
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