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House Removes Prison Sentencing Reform from Strickland's Budget

The Ohio House added millions in spending to the governor's budget when passing its version of the spending plan. But one thing that was taken out was sentencing reform for the state's prison system, even as the inmate population is expected to grow by nearly a fifth in the next ten years in a system that some say is already dangerously overcrowded. From our Statehouse bureau, Karen Kasler reports.