Found 32 matches.
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Shut Down Sequel: Progress Report
Tags: Alabama | California | Michigan | Minnesota | Ohio | Oregon | Utah | Deinstitutionalization | Institutional Conditions | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Privatization | Advocacy | NJJN Publications
Shut Down Sequel Progress Report, outlining progress made in our efforts to shut down Sequel facilities and advocate for systemic reforms. NJJN repeats its call for states to end ties with Sequel, but compel states to go further in implementing protections for kids by: 1) ending the use of for-profit facilities for youth, 2) banning the use of restraint, and 3) bringing youth home, prioritizing community-based care over harmful congregate care settings.
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Ohio Settlement Agreement to Improve Conditions in Juvenile Prisons, S.H. v. Stickrath, Case number 2: 04-CV-1206
Tags: Ohio | Institutional Conditions | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The state of Ohio and Ohio Department of Youth Services settled a class action lawsuit by agreeing to widespread system reform.
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Bring Youth Home: Building on Ohio's Deincarceration Leadership
Tags: Ohio | National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | Member Publications
Since 1992, Ohio’s youth prison population topped 2,500 and was projected to rise to 4,000. In 1994, Ohio began implementing programs to incentivize local courts to keep youth closer to home. Today admissions to Ohio juvenile correctional facilities are lower than 500 youth and Ohio makes significant investments in redirecting youth to community-based alternatives that are less expensive and more effective than locked facilities. The report is designed to give other jurisdictions insights into lessons learned in Ohio as they create new or reevaluate existing deincarceration programs as well as to continue to encourage innovate within Ohio.
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Executive Summary | Bring Youth Home: Building on Ohio's Deincarceration Leadership
Tags: Ohio | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | Member Publications
Since 1992, Ohio’s youth prison population topped 2,500 and was projected to rise to 4,000. In 1994, Ohio began implementing programs to incentivize local courts to keep youth closer to home. Today admissions to Ohio juvenile correctional facilities are lower than 500 youth and Ohio makes significant investments in redirecting youth to community-based alternatives that are less expensive and more effective than locked facilities. The report is designed to give other jurisdictions insights into lessons learned in Ohio as they create new or reevaluate existing deincarceration programs as well as to continue to encourage innovate within Ohio.
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The Comeback and Coming-from-Behind States: An Update on Youth Incarceration in the United States
Tags: California | Connecticut | Illinois | Missouri | Mississippi | Nebraska | New York | Ohio | South Dakota | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin | Wyoming | National | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
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Ohio’s Budget Directs Funding to Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, H.B. 59
Tags: Ohio | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Evidence-Based Practices | Legislation
Ohio’s FY 2014-15 budget bill contained provisions benefiting youth in the justice system. First, the law establishes that the Ohio Office of the Public Defender is to provide legal assistance to youth in Department of Youth Services (DYS) facilities. In addition, the budget provides that DYS can use up to 45 percent of the savings stemming from facility closures to expand evidence-based community programs, including those funded through the Targeted RECLAIM and Behavioral Health and Juvenile Justice initiatives. H.B. 59, signed into law and effective June 30, 2013.
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The Comeback States: Reducing Juvenile Incarceration in the United States - NJJN, TPPF
Tags: California | Connecticut | Illinois | Mississippi | New York | Ohio | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin | National | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
Nine "comeback states" are featured for their dramatic reversal of youth incarceration rates in the past decade and for adopting policies that will promote further reductions.
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The Bridge to Somewhere: How Research Made its Way into Legislative Juvenile Justice Reform in Ohio
Tags: Ohio | General System Reform | Reports
In 2011, Ohio passed landmark legislation for juvenile justice reforms based on an understanding of evidence-based practices and adolescent development research. This achievement was the result of a collaborative policy change model -- the case study is offers guidance to other states.
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Youth Who Are Victims of Human Trafficking Gain Protection under Ohio Law, H.B. 262
Tags: Ohio | Victims | Legislation
Under a new Ohio law that aims to “treat victims as victims rather than as criminals,” youth accused of committing the adult act of solicitation, prostitution, or loitering or charged with offenses related to their trafficking are entitled to participate in a diversion program and receive a guardian ad litem. The juvenile court judge may make orders about the youth’s placement and services and if the court finds the youth completes these rehabilitative services, the underlying charges can be dismissed and the youth’s record can be expunged. H.B. 262/Act No. 142, signed into law and effective June 27, 2012.
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Ohio Addresses Collateral Consequences for Youth, S.B. 337
Tags: Ohio | Collateral Consequences | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
The Ohio General Assembly passed a bill focused on reducing collateral consequences for both adults and youth involved in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. For youth, the law expands eligibility and shortens the timeframe for the expungement of some youth’s juvenile court records, and creates a presumption that youth transferred to adult court be held in juvenile detention facilities instead of adult jails. The law also guarantees that youth who are confined pre-adjudication receive credit toward their sentences for time served in locked facilities. Unfortunately, the original law and subsequent amendments expanded the type of juvenile court records that can be released for certain criminal records checks. S.B. 337/Act No. 131, signed into law June 26, 2012; effective September 28, 2012.
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Ohio Allows Waiver of Driver’s License Suspension for Certain Youth, S.B. 19
Tags: Ohio | Legislation
Ohio judges may now order the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to waive the suspension of the driver’s license or temporary driving permit of youth under 18 if it would seriously affect the youth’s ability to continue with his or her employment, educational training, vocational training, or treatment and if he or she successfully completes an advanced youth driver improvement program. S.B. 19/Act No. 137, signed into law June 26, 2012; effective September 28, 2012.
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In re C.P., Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-1446
Tags: Ohio | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Automatic, lifelong registration and notification requirements of R.C. 2152.86 violate due process and prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment for juvenile sex offenders tried within juvenile system.
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Ohio Supreme Court Declares Automatic Sex Offender Registration and Notification Unconstitutional, In re C.P., Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-1446
Tags: Ohio | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
On April 3, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court found the state’s statute requiring automatic lifetime sex offender registration and notification for youth unconstitutional and counter to the rehabilitative goal of the juvenile justice system. In a 5-2 ruling, the court found the statute’s automatic lifelong registration and the public notification requirements for youth adjudicated in juvenile court to be a violation of the 8th Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
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Ohio Supreme Court: In re C.P.
Tags: Ohio | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Ohio Supreme Court found Ohio's statute requiring automatic sex offender registration and notifications for juveniles unconstitutional.
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Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court is Not Correlated with Falling Youth Violence
Tags: Arizona | California | Florida | Ohio | Oregon | Washington | Youth in the Adult System | Reports
Jeffrey Butts of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice points out that the increase in juvenile transfers to adult court is not correlated with the fall in youth violence seen over the past six years.
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Ohio Supreme Court Rules State’s Implementation of the Adam Walsh Act Cannot Be Applied Retroactively, State v. Williams, 129 Ohio St.3d 344 (2011)
Tags: Ohio | Collateral Consequences | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
In July 2011, the Supreme Court of Ohio addressed S.B. 10 (the state’s attempt to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Act), finding that the registration duties imposed by S.B. 10 amount to punishment, and therefore cannot be constitutionally applied retroactively.
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Bringing Youth Home: A National Movement to Increase Public Safety, Rehabilitate Youth and Save Money, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Alabama | California | District of Columbia | Florida | Kansas | New York | Ohio | Texas | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crime Data and Statistics | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Report highlighting positive news stemming from and of interest to budget conscious and public safety-minded states. The publication includes examples of states that reduced their juvenile facility populations and are now not only reaping the rewards of newfound funds that can be directed into more effective community-based services for youth, but are also seeing a better return on their investment in terms of juvenile rehabilitation and public safety.
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Ohio Reforms Sentencing for Juveniles, Ohio, H.B. 86
Tags: Ohio | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Legislation
A bill that: * explicitly supports research-informed, outcome-based programs and services; * allows judges to consider early release opportunities throughout a youth's commitment, including juveniles serving mandatory sentences; * revises mandatory sentencing guidelines for youth to allow for judicial discretion in instances where the youth was not the main actor; * adopts uniform competency standards for all delinquency proceedings; * establishes a reverse waiver provision that makes is possible for young people automatically transferred to adult court to return to juvenile court; and * creates a temporary interagency task force to make recommendations to the legislature for addressing the needs of delinquent youth with significant mental health issues.
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Ohio Passes Juvenile Sentencing Reform Bill, H.B. 86
Tags: Ohio | General System Reform | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Ohio’s new juvenile sentencing reform bill explicitly supports research-informed, outcome-based programs and services; allows judges to consider early release opportunities throughout a youth’s commitment, including youth serving mandatory sentences; revises mandatory sentencing guidelines for youth to allow for judicial discretion in instances where the youth was not the main actor; adopts uniform competency standards for all delinquency proceedings; establishes a reverse waiver provision that makes it possible for young people automatically transferred to adult court to return to juvenile court at the discretion of the judge; and creates a temporary interagency task force to make recommendations to the legislature for addressing the needs of delinquent youth with significant mental health issues.
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Ohio Supreme Court Protects Young Children Charged with Certain Sex Offenses, In re D.B., 129 Ohio St.3d 104 (2011)
Tags: Ohio | Collateral Consequences | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
In June 2011, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a decision protecting young children from certain sex offender laws. Ohio’s statutory rape law can no longer be applied to children under the age of 13 who engage in sexual conduct with other children under the age of 13.
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Ohio Supreme Court Finds State’s Implementation of the Adam Walsh Act Unconstitutional, State v. Bodyke, 126 Ohio St.3d 266 (2010)
Tags: Ohio | Collateral Consequences | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
In June 2010, the Supreme Court of Ohio declared that the retroactive reclassification of sex offenders under Ohio’s S.B. 10 (the state’s attempt to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Act) is an unconstitutional violation of separation of powers, when the registrant (adult or juvenile) had previously been classified by a court order.
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State v. Spangler, 2009-Ohio-3178, Ohio Appellate Court
Tags: Ohio | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Ohio appellate court opinion finding the state's implementation of the Adam Walsh Act to be unconstitutional.
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Family Meeting and Advocacy Day Summary, Voices for Ohio's Children
Tags: Ohio | Family and Youth Involvement | Reports
Summary of advocacy day during which families talked with the Ohio Department of Youth Services leadership team about their concerns: lack of transportation; need for local advocacy for juvenile court issues; poor communication with personnel; too few and too limited educational opportunities; and medical care.
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Ohio's Family and Youth Guide: The Family Guide to the Juvenile Justice System in Ohio, Voices for Ohio's Children
Tags: Ohio | Family and Youth Involvement | Reports
Guide reviewing juvenile court process, transfer to adult court, enhanced sentences, juvenile sex offenders, juvenile correctional facilities, and parole.
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Adam Walsh Act and Ohio Senate Bill 10: Effects on Children Adjudicated for Sex Offenses, Office of the Ohio Public Defender
Tags: Ohio | Sex Offender Registries | Reports
Brief explaining act in which juvenile sex offenders aged 14-17 will be classified as sex offenders and required to register this sex offender status.
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Tremaine Evans v. State of Ohio, Case No. CV-08 646797
Tags: Ohio | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Trial court opinion finding that Ohio's Adam Walsh Act is unconstitutional.
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Juvenile Justice Reform on Track in Ohio: Class Action Settlement Filed, Press Release, Ohio Department of Youth Services and Gerhardstein and Branch
Tags: Ohio | General System Reform | Institutional Conditions | Reports
Press release announcing settlement of S.H. v. Stickrath class action lawsuit in Ohio.
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Framework for Transforming the Juvenile Justice System, Voices for Ohio's Children
Tags: Ohio | General System Reform | Reports
Report articulates the vision of the Ohio Juvenile Justice Initiative, including a proposed list of characteristics identified as essential to achieving an effective Ohio Department of Youth Services continuum of care: accountability; qualified staff; safe environment; overarching comprehensive system; smaller regional facilities; effective and consistent admissions and screening, and ongoing assessments; engagement of families; appropriate discipline and intervention strategies; and others.
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What Will it Cost States to Comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act?, Justice Policy Institute
Tags: Federal | Ohio | Virginia | Sex Offender Registries | Reports
Report providing a chart that shows that for all states, the first-year cost of implementing SORNA outweighs the cost of losing 10 percent of the state's Byrne Grant money (the consequence of not complying with SORNA by July 2009). The sheet also gives detailed information on the cost analyses performed by Ohio and Virginia.
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In re C.S., Ohio, 115 Ohio St. 3d 267
Tags: Ohio | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Ohio Supreme Court decision requiring a juvenile to be counseled by a parent, guardian, or custodian and an attorney before waiving the right to counsel.
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Evaluation of Ohio’s Reclaim Funded Programs, Community Correctional Facilities, and DYS Facilities: Cost-Benefit Analysis Supplemental Report
Tags: Ohio | Administrative/Regulatory Policies
A supplemental cost-benefit analysis of RECLAIM Ohio, from November 2005.
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Evaluation of Ohio’s Reclaim Funded Programs, Community, Corrections Facilities, and DYS Facilities
Tags: Ohio | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Administrative/Regulatory Policies
Recidivism report on RECLAIM Ohio, from August 2005.