OHIO JUSTICE AND POLICY CENTER
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
SECOND CHANCE - THIS STRATEGIC GOAL AIMS TO EXPAND THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS FACE UNPRECEDENTED, LIFELONG BARRIERS TO OBTAINING AND RETAINING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, ACCESSING EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS, AND FINDING STABLE HOUSING. OJPC'S SECOND CHANCE COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINICS PROVIDE EXPERT 1-ON-1 LEGAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS. THROUGH THE LEGAL CLINICS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WE SCREEN PEOPLE FOR RECORD CRIMINAL RECORD SEALING, HAVE CQE'S GRANTED, PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS; RESOLVE COURT FINES, FEES, AND COSTS; AND HELP OHIOANS IN REMOVING OTHER LEGAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, LICENSING, HOUSING, OR CIVIC PARTICIPATION.DURING THE PANDEMIC, OJPC QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TRANSFORMED OUR SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH LEGAL CLINICS WHICH ARE TRADITIONALLY HELP IN-PERSON IN HIGH-NEED NEIGHBORHOOD INTO VIRTUAL CLINICS. WE NOT ONLY FOUND WAYS TO SERVE OUR CLIENTS THROUGH A MIXTURE OF INTERNET, PHONE, AND OCCASIONAL IN-PERSON INTERACTION, WE WERE ABLE TO VASTLY EXPAND SERVICES WITH PARTNERS IN CINCINNATI, DAYTON, COLUMBUS, AND MANSFIELD. AS A RESULT, SECOND CHANCE SERVICES CAN CONTINUE VIRTUALLY AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER (THANKS TO VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY) ALL OVER THE STATE. IN 2020, THE CLINICS HELPED MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$501.8KProgram 2 [2020]
DECARCERATION - OJPC'S BEYOND GUILT PROJECT ADDRESSES OUR STRATEGIC GOAL TO SAFELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE SIZE AND RACIAL DISPARITY OF THE STATE POPULATION OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE. LAUNCHED IN THE SPRING 2019, BEYOND GUILT SERVES INCARCERATED PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED UNFAIRLY LONG PRISON SENTENCES, ADMIT GUILT, SERVED SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THEIR SENTENCES, CAN DEMONSTRATE REHABILITATION, AND ARE READY TO REJOIN SOCIETY. BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING REHABILITATION AND REDEMPTION, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME OR OTHER SERIOUS OFFENSE, WE BELIEVE (TO PARAPHRASE SISTER HELEN PREJEAN AND BRYAN STEVENSON) THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE FOREVER-DEFINED BY THEIR WORST MISTAKES. BEYOND GUILT AIMS TO DO FOR THE OVER-PUNISHED PRISONERS WHO ADMIT GUILT WHAT INNOCENCE PROJECTS HAVE DONE FOR WRONGFULLY CONVICTED PERSONS. TO DATE, OJPC HAS ASSISTED 37 PEOPLE TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$297.9KProgram 3 [2020]
HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRISON - THROUGH ITS IMPACT LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY, OJPC'S THIRD STRATEGIC GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT FOR THOSE LIVING IN OHIO PRISONS. IN 1982, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 17,000 PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN OHIO PRISONS, BUT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 45,000 TODAY (DOWN FROM APPROXIMATELY 50,000 AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020). AS THE PRISON POPULATION HAS RAPIDLY GROWN OVER THE YEARS, AND THE STATE HAS STRUGGLED TO PAY THE COSTS OF INCARCERATING SO MANY PEOPLE, PRISON CONDITIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED. INCARCERATED PEOPLE FACE AN ENORMOUS RANGE OF LEGAL AND HEALTH ISSUES LIKELY TO RESULT IN SERIOUS HARM OR DEATH.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$104.1K
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