HUD Prohibits Use of Arrest Records for Admissions Good news for citizens working on reentry. HUD will no longer consider arrest records as grounds for denying admission to assisted housing! This action was prompted by the White House initiative on reintegration and is like the Ohio State legislature’s efforts to“ban-the-box” on State employment applications. The […]
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Cuyahoga County Jail Phone Rates Reduced
Cuyahoga County Jail Lowers Phone Rates Following the lead of the State prison system (and the mandate of the FCC!), Cuyahoga County Sheriff Clifford Pickney is in the process of lowering the phone calling rates from Cuyahoga county jail. This is great news for our families. In addition Pickney is bringing special tablet PC’s to […]
Ohio awards $34 million in post-prison grants
Ohio awards $34 million in post-prison grants Ohio’s prisons department has announced $34 million in grants to local probation departments and courts. The grants will pay for community alternatives to prison, such as substance abuse treatment programs and electronic monitoring, in the hope of reducing crime and keeping low-level, nonviolent offenders out of prison. […]
LEAF Ministry on Facebook
LEAF Ministry on Facebook The LEAF Ministry now on Facebook! As some of you know we were asking for input on picking a Facebook name because “LEAF Ministry” and LEAF Ministries” were already taken. With many good names from which to choose we settled on “LEAF Support Ministry”. It’s simple, easy to spell, easy […]
TED Talks on Prison
TED Talks on Prison One of my favorite sites on the web is TED.com. If you aren’t familiar with TED, it is a non-profit organization driven to share ideas on a broad variety of topics with the global community. Their videos (often called “TED Talks”) are usually 18 minutes or less and are professionally […]
Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
Senators Introduce Landmark Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 Note: This article on the Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 highlights actions at the national level. Perhaps it will influence reform on the State level. PoliticalNews.me – Oct 04,2015 WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck […]
Pope Visits Prisoners
Jesus wants to cleanse us, Pope tells prisoners Catholic World News – September 28, 2015 Pope Francis visited detainees at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia on September 27 and told them that Jesus Christ wishes to wash their feet and accompany them throughout life. “Life means ‘getting our feet dirty, from the dust-filled roads of […]
A mission to reform lives behind bars
A Mission to Reform Lives Previously I posted an article where Washington Post columnist George Will waxed on about how Ohio should be the national model for corrections reform. Here’s another favorable article in which Will writes more about Ohio’s efforts to lower recidivism The article focuses on women’s corrections. Eventually most inmates reenter […]
True Cost of Incarceration
Here are two articles forwarded to us by the Diocese of Columbus which is interested in starting a LEAF group there. (Praise the Lord!) The true cost of incarceration is under reported because what’s reported in the news reflects only the line item costs in the Ohio State budget for ODRC. The true cost of […]
“Be Creative with Reforms”
“Be Creative with Reforms” Yesterday, I wrote about Director Mohr’s efforts to reform Ohio’s prisons on the inside. A LEAF member sent me this article about the legislatures actions to reform Ohio criminal code. Perhaps in the future, things will be better for other families. Since their is an official panel working to review the […]