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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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| Corrections officers union feeling "optimistic" after meeting with prison officials. |
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By Jo Ingles - April 8, 2009 |
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A spokesman for the union that represents prison guards working at state lockups says he's optimistic that conditions will improve at the Mansfield Correctional Institution. Andy Douglas says union leaders have met with the leaders of Ohio's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and are optimistic that conversation will bring about safer working conditions for guards at the prisons. |
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Andy Douglas (:20) 
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| Douglas says prison officials said they understood the union's concerns. The union has been warning of conditions that members think could lead to another situation like the Lucasville prison riot of 1993. |
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