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| OH Probation System Too Costly |
| By nbc4i.com |
| Published: 01/13/2011 |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's budget problems should be the catalyst for the state to reform to its probation system, which has been criticized as fragmented, expensive and ineffective, the state's newly sworn in chief justice told The Associated Press on Tuesday. A study last year found Ohio spent $189 million in 2008 alone on inmates with an average sentence of just nine months. Current approaches sometimes make things worse for relatively low-risk offenders by exposing them to harsher probationary terms than they require, leading to their return to prison, O'Connor said. Researchers have found, for example, that removing minor offenders from their communities, families and jobs makes it much more likely they'll commit more crimes and go back to prison. Read More. |
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