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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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| Ohio's prisons are dangerously overcrowded, says prisons chief as he worries about the future. |
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By Karen Kasler - March 30, 2009 |
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Overall, Ohio's prison system is at 132% capacity, with some individual prisons at 250% capacity. And the man in charge of Ohio's 32 prisons says that makes them dangerously overcrowded. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports. |
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Karen Kasler reports (:59)
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