What to Know About Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law

What to Know About Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law

It came as a response by lawmakers to a horrific crime. Now, thousands of people imprisoned since 2019 risk more time behind bars for breaking rules.

How Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law keeps people in prison longer – The Land

The Reagan Tokes law links alleged behavior in prison to time served. People who break prison rules, especially for violent or sexual behavior, are kept beyond their minimum term. Elected judges play no role in the administrative process that investigates rule violations, determines guilt and adds time. [Julia Kuo for The Marshall Project] This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering…

How Ohio’s Reagan Tokes law keeps people in prison longer

The Reagan Tokes Act is an Ohio law that took effect in 2019 in response to the murder of a 21-year-old female college student by a man recently released from prison. The law requires judges to give both minimum and maximum prison sentences for serious felony convictions. A person is supposed to be released at the end of the minimum sentence, but they can be held for the maximum term for breaking certain rules in prison. Ohio prison officials ca…