Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Tuesday that the state is asking that more than 160 prison inmates be released or considered for early release.
The move come as the state is grappling with how to keep prisoners and prison staff protected from the spread of coronavirus.
“Finding inmates to release from prison to create more social distancing is frankly not easy,” the governor said. “We have around 49,000 people in prison today, and each one of them is there for a reason. Murderers, sexual predators, people like them we are not going to let out.”
There are two groups the governor is trying to have removed from prison. The first group involves 141 minimum security inmates who were due to be released before July 13th.
The governor is asking that the 141 inmates be released under legal provisions for overcrowding relief, a move that requires action from the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee. Ohio state house and senate members are part of the CIIC.
The other group of prisoners include 26 inmates who are over the age of 60 and have at least one chronic health condition. These inmates have all served at least 50% of their sentence. By law, the governor cannot quickly commute their sentences. Instead, there is typically a 60-day waiting period for notifications.
“We are asking judges and prosecutors across Ohio who are associated with these individuals to waive the 60-day notices so we can take these cases to the parole board.” The parole board is prepared to meet starting Friday. The parole board must meet for each individual case of the 26 inmates. Victims in these cases will also be given notice, and will be able to have their voices heard before the inmate is released.
The governor says the parole board can impose new restrictions on inmates being released, and that the governor can also add restrictions on anyone released early.
The governor says they are not asking for anyone to be released who has been convicted of crimes including sex offenses, homicide-related offenses, kidnapping, ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats or domestic violence. Also excluded are those who have been denied judicial release in the past, have previous incarcerations, are multi-state offenders, have warrants or detainers, or have serious prison rule violations in recent years.
The moves Tuesday come after Governor DeWine on Monday ordered 26 Ohio National Guard members to deploy to Ohio’s only Federal prison to assist with coronavirus cases there.
Here is the list of 141 inmates provided by the governor’s office, along with the code for the installation where they were housed as of April 1st.
CLETUS ALBERS III MANCI
NANETTE ANDERSON ORW
TAYLOR ARMSTRONG RICI
NICHOLAS ARY MACI
ASHLEY AULT ORW
DAVID BACHTEL TCI
AMBER BAILEY ORW
DAKOTA BAKER LOCI
STEPHEN BALL FMC
STEVEN BALL TCI
JEREMIAH BEAVERS SCC
ALYSA BELL ORW
ARTHUR BENNETT MACI
FELICIA BETTS ORW
ALEX BLACKBURN FMC
BEVERLY BLACKWELL ORW
CASSANDRA BLANKENSHIP ORW
JOSHUA BLANKUMSEE RCI
JEFFREY BOLDEN MACI
NATHANIEL BOLLHEIMER SCC
ABRAM BOYD JR TCI
JUSTIN BRIGGS MANCI
MEGAN BROWNSTEAD ORW
WILLIAM CAHILL II MANCI
CHRISTOPHER CARROLL NCI
AMBER CLARK NERC
SHANIA CLINGMAN ORW
DANIEL COOK TCI
TRAVIS CORDY SCC
PATRICIA COVERT ORW
NATHAN CRAMER LORCI
THOMAS CRAWFORD GCI
MELINDA CRESS ORW
TAMARA CUPP ORW
EDWARD DALTON LOCI
BRADLEY DAVIS CRC
BRADLEY DAWKINS LOCI
DEMETRIUS DAWSON LORCI
ROBERT DEEMER NCCC
MARIO DIANO MANCI
JACOB DILORETO LORCI
LARRY DORST CRC
CHAD DOTSON TCI
DUSTIN DOWEN BECI
GABRIELLE DRAKE ORW
TYRELL EDMISTON LORCI
DANIEL ENYART CCI
JAZMINE FEARS DCI
KUROSH FILSOOFI NCCC
JIBRI FORD NCI
CHRISTINE FRANKLIN ORW
WILLIAM FURNISS FMC
JOSEPH GARBRANDT CRC
MICHAEL GLASS LAECI
DRUKALE GOLDSMITH SCC
JOSHUA GRACYK TCI
MELINDA GREEN NERC
DUSTIN GROFF SCC
RAVON HAMPTON BECI
ZACHARY HANSFORD PCI
CHRISTOPHER HAYCOOK FMC
NAKYI HAYES NCCC
DEBRA HENRY NERC
MATTHEW HESKETT NCI
PAIGE HICKMAN NERC
JESSE HILL JR MACI
JERRY HOSKINS II MCI
KIMBERLY HOUGH ORW
LUTHER HUNT MACI
MICHAEL JANSEN MACI
LAWRENCE JOHNSON FMC
AKILA JONES ORW
CODEY JONES MCI
DAVID KELLETT GCI
RONALD KILGORE MCI
CHRISTOPHER KRETZER BECI
CASEY LANDERS NERC
THEODORE LEWIS LORCI
ERIC LIGHTNER CCI
JESSICA LOWTHER ORW
CRAIG MAHONEY TCI
DARIAN MAPP SCC
DOMINIQUE MARINE LECI
GREGORY MAYS CCI
JASON MCBRIDE BECI
DAVID MCDANIEL LECI
STEVEN MCDONALD NCI
THOMAS MCGUIRE SCC
RYLEE MILLER ORW
RAKIM MILLERHAITH LORCI
TREVOR MILSTEAD MACI
CYNTHIA MORROW ORW
JESSICA MUDDIMAN NERC
RICHARD NEISWONGER NCI
MASON NELSON LOCI
ELIZABETH NOLEN NERC
KAYLA OILER ORW
MICHAEL OSBORNE MANCI
ELIJAH OWENS BECI
ANTHONY PARKER MACI
JAVAN PAYNE JR RICI
ELIJAH PEARSON LOCI
IESHA PENNICK ORW
MARTHA PENNY ORW
DONALD PIERCE MACI
ROBERT PINYERD MANCI
BRADLEY REAGAN SCC
JOYELL RILEY DCI
HAROLD ROSIER LORCI
NICHOLE ROUCH ORW
LISA ROWLAND NERC
KELLY SAMSON ORW
COREY SEITZ NCI
MARY SERAFINI ORW
JOSHUA SEYMOUR SCC
JOHN SHANNON FMC
PHILLIP SHOLLER JR CCI
CHERYL SMITH ORW
AUSTIN SMITH LAECI
DREW SPRATT NCCC
BLAKE STEPHENS AOCI
DELONTE STEWART GCI
ERICA TEAL ORW
NIJIER THOMAS ORW
KEVIN THOMAS II LORCI
CAMERON TILLIS TCI
ALEXIS TRENT DCI
NICHOLAS TRIFTHOUSER MACI
ANDI UHL ORW
DONTEZ WAGNER AOCI
JONATHAN WALKER RICI
MATTHEW WARD BECI
MATTHEW WATERS LECI
CHELSIE WAXLER ORW
ANGELA WHITE ORW
JASON WHITEMAN GCI
JOSEPH WHITMORE PCI
AGATHA WILLIAMS NERC
STEPHEN WRIGHT LECI
ROBERT YOUNG LOCI
GLENN YOUNG III CCI
Here are the 26 inmates the governor is asking to have sent to the parole board for review, with their age and facility code.
CALDWELL SCOTT 61 LOCI
CARNES FREDA 65 ORW
COLE ROGER 68 RICI
COLEBANK LARRY 60 FMC
COULTER DAVID 60 BECI
CRISP JR CARL 60 CCI
DOWDELL JOE 62 ANCI
FLORES ESTEBAN 61 MANCI
FROHNAPPLE DEBORAH 63NERC
HILL CECIL 75 NCI
JAMES JR FRED 64 MANCI
KELLETT DAVID 62 GCI
LANG KATHERINE 60 DCI
LEMASTER ANDY 67 MANCI
LEONARD THOMAS 60 RICI
MARCUM JR HUBERT 64 FMC
MASSIE ROGER 63 NCCC
MEIER KARL 63 GCI
NOE THOMAS 65 MCI
PEYTON JAMES 73 FMC
PINSON FORREST 61 MACI
POSEY JANICE 64 NERC
THEISLER JR PAUL 68 TCI
THOMPSON HENRY 73 PCI
THOMPSON LAWRENCE 62 AOCI
WHITAKER THOMAS 61 CCI
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