Protect Ohio Kids and Families Through Common-Sense Public Safety Policies
No matter our race or income, Ohioans believe that all of us deserve to make it back to our loved ones at the end of the day.
An Ohio where our neighbors are able to heal and rejoin their communities if they make a mistake.
We deserve an Ohio where public safety means a caring response from trained professionals who make sure everyone, no matter what they look like or where they live, is safe and receives the help they need.
But for too long now, those who are sworn to serve and protect often harm, abuse and even kill Ohioans without consequences, while a handful of politicians try to block us from protesting this injustice.
Instead of funding our lives, some politicians are trying to make us fear one another. They are throwing away our public resources to impose harsh punishments that don't reduce crime and militarize police who target and terrorize our neighbors who are simply living their lives.
Together, we will make Ohio a place where every child — Black, white or brown — gets to grow up, and every parent gets to be there for them along the way.
It’s time to deliver real safety for every Ohioan, whatever the color of our skin or how much money in our wallets, by funding the quality housing, great schools, and excellent health care that we all need.
Here are our policy solutions:
Help people who have been convicted of a crime return to their communities fully restored by eliminating the barriers that block them from housing and jobs (often known as collateral sanctions)
Direct our resources to programs that help people get back on their feet after having a run-in with the criminal legal system, instead of building more prisons
Introduce excellent community-based services and opportunities for young Ohioans so they can envision a better future for themselves and their families
End wealth-based detention for Ohioans awaiting trial by reforming cash bail to ensure everyone is treated fairly.
Control Ohio’s rising addiction epidemic by fully restoring state funding for community mental health and addiction services.
Reduce punitive sentences for drug offenses to ensure people get the help they need to overcome their struggles with substance abuse.
Implement new systems to collect sentencing data across jurisdictions and court systems statewide and use the data to drive fair and equitable sentencing reform that corrects the crisis of mass incarceration of Black and brown Ohioans.
Set up young Ohioans to succeed by dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline and funding safe, world-class schools, stable housing, quality health care, and healthy food systems.
Expand diversion options for young Ohioans so they don’t get trapped in the juvenile criminal legal system.
Provide social service responders and appropriate trained personnel to deal with Ohioans in mental health crises.
End the practice of qualified immunity for police officers who are found responsible for abusing civilians.