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On any given night, about 16,500 people are held in Ohio's 89 jails and jailers book about 300,000 people each year - though some of them may be booked in multiple times.
Now, the nearly 16,000 people in Ohio jails each day who suffer from substance abuse or mental illness – or both – find themselves in a place that is ill-equipped, not properly staffed and ...
Two inmates have died in custody of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in the past week, the department reported Tuesday. Matthew Dennler, 54, died at the Hamilton County Justice Center on ...
A 2017 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics noted that 54.3% of prisoners and 35% of jail inmates who had experienced serious psychological distress in the past 30 days have received mental health treatment since admission to the current facility, and 63% of prisoners and 44.5% of jail inmates with a history of a mental health problem ...
Ohio's prison system is the sixth-largest in America, with 27 state prisons and three facilities for juveniles. In December 2018, the number of inmates in Ohio totaled 49,255, with the prison system spending nearly $1.8 billion that year. [2] ODRC headquarters are located in Columbus. [3]
A study in New York found that 41% of prison suicides involved inmates who had recently received mental health services, [6] although only one-third of prison suicides are found to have a psychiatric history, as opposed to 80–90 percent of suicides in the general community. [3]
A year-long investigation by The Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and USA TODAY Network Ohio examined 219 deaths in jail custody that were reported to the state Department of Rehabilitation ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.