70% of Ohio’s prisoners have been convicted of violent crimes. Here’s a look at the numbers
cleveland.com: David Miller, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, weighed in on how community resources have contributed to a shift in prison demographics and crime trends, with rural counties accounting for a larger proportion of inmate populations. “As more people have moved out of larger counties into suburban and rural areas, there are often fewer opportunities and services in those (smaller) communities,” he said.