Report: No Ohio prisoners have been released early since Reagan Tokes Law

Report: No Ohio prisoners have been released early since Reagan Tokes Law

Political Anchor Curtis Jackson talked with the director of the Beyond Guilt Project with the Ohio Justice Policy Center.

All stick, no carrot: Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law acts as a ‘one-way ratchet’ for prison time

Enacted in 2019, Reagan Tokes Law was designed to protect the public with a carrot-and-stick approach to incarceration. It gave prison administrators exclusive powers to add time for people who misbehave behind bars, or to recommend early release for those who follow the rules.