State Official Predicts Prison Population Will Reach Record High This Year

The Correctional Institution Inspection Committee says the number of state prison inmates increased 15.1 percent from 2005 to 2016. During that time, prison overcrowding rose from 115 to 132 percent. State prisons director Gary Mohr says  by July 1, the state will set an all-time record of incarcerated Ohioans, exceeding the record of more than 51 thousand set in November 2008. Mohr has said that he will not build another prison during his time as director, which could end in 2018.