Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohio bill could reduce prison time for nonviolent offenders who violate parole

"A principle we live by is to put an individual in the least restrictive environment that's necessary to safely manage them and provide treatment and that doesn't always mean a residential facility," Mohr said.

Mohr said local judges are better able than state officials to decide whether an offender should serve prison time for violating parole or a felon should have his or her records sealed.

The proposal earned praise from the U.S. Justice Action Network, a bipartisan organization based in Washington, for continuing Ohio's movement away from mandatory sentences and tough-on-crime policies.

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