OJPC’s recent publications:
- Record Sealing FAQs (2020)
- OJPC’s Criminal Records Manual (2020)
- OJPC’s CQE Workbook (2020)
- Certificates of Qualification for Employment (2020)
- Can I Seal my Criminal Record? (2020)
- Wasted Assets: The cost of excluding Ohioans with a criminal record from work (2019)
- Safe Harbor Expungement Guide for Legal Professionals (2019)
- Safe Harbor Expungement Guide for Clients (2019)
External websites & resources
- CIVICC Ohio
- ACLU Smart Justice: Bail Reform Resource Center
- Vera Institute of Justice: Incarceration Trends in Ohio
- Prison Policy Initiative: Ohio Profile
- Ohio Attorney General: How to get a copy of your criminal record
- Database: Ohio County Clerks of Court
- Ohio Trial Courts & Local Rules
- Ohio Revised Code
- Directory of Ohio state agencies, departments, boards and commissions
- ACLU of Ohio
- Podcast: The Steep Road to Freedom (ACLU of Ohio, 2020)
- Correspondence FAQs: Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
- Ohio Prison Arts Connection
- A Guide to Finding Housing After Incarceration (2020)
External articles & reports
- ACLU Ohio: Fiscal Impact Analysis of Implementing Smart Bail Reform
- The Marshall Project: A state-by-state look at coronavirus in prisons
- Vera Institute of Justice: A Review of the Research on Plea Bargaining (2020)
- ACLU of Ohio: The Impact of Cash Bail
- ACLU of Ohio: Pretrial Basics
- Harvard Business Review: Give Job Applicants with Criminal Records a Fair Chance
- National Low Income Housing Coalition: Housing Access for People with Criminal Records
- U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development: New Guidance on Criminal Records and Housing
- No Access to Justice: Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness and Jail (Vera Institute of Justice, 2020)
- Vera Institue: Preventing Suicide and Self-Harm in Jail (2019)
- Vera Institute: State Financial Aid for Incarcerated Students (2019)
- Vera Institute: Missouri, Ohio, and Georgia are getting “smart on crime” (2019)
- ACLU of Ohio: Shining a Light on Solitary Confinement (2016)
- A Guide to Finding Housing After Incarceration (2020)
Videos & Interactive
- Timeline: What Happens When Someone is Arrested?
- Avoiding the Box, Banning the Box, Reframing the Box
- ACLU of Ohio: Bail Reform Animated Short
Legal Guides
- OJPC’s Criminal Records Manual (2020)
- Record Sealing FAQs (2020)
- CQE Workbook (2020)
- Can I Seal my Criminal Record? (2020)
- Safe Harbor Expungement Guide for Legal Professionals (2019)
- Safe Harbor Expungement Guide for Clients (2019)
- Ohio Revised Code
Forms and Applications
- Register for OJPC’s virtual Second Chance Legal Clinics
- Ohio Parole Board application for executive clemency
Handouts
- Record Sealing FAQs (2020)
- Can I Seal my Criminal Record? (2020)
- Certificates of Qualification for Employment (2020)
- Safe Harbor Expungement Guide for Legal Professionals (2019)
- Safe Harbor Expungement Guide for Clients (2019)
- What employers need to know about CQEs and hiring returning citizens