ACLU report warns that Ohio lawmakers are adding to prison population in big and small ways

ACLU report warns that Ohio lawmakers are adding to prison population in big and small ways

(File photo of a prison by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)Ohio’s jail and prison population continues to swell, the ACLU of Ohio says, thanks to “mass incarceration by 1,000 cuts.” The civil rights group’s Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline report highlights legislation introduced in the previous General Assembly that’s likely to increase the number of people behind bars. It’s the fifth such report the group has published. ACLU Chief Lobbyist Gary Daniel…