{"id":18966,"date":"2026-06-16T09:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=18966"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:29:35","slug":"oh_hb338","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/16\/oh_hb338\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prison Policy Initiative submits testimony in opposition to HB 338, which would curtail higher education in prison in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 10, 2026, the Prison Policy Initiative submitted <a href=\"\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/scans\/OH_HB 338_Testimony_Oppose.pdf\">written testimony<\/a> in the Ohio Senate Legislature in opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.ohio.gov\/legislation\/136\/hb338\">HB 338<\/a>, also known as \u201cAndy\u2019s Law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe bill claims to promote safety in prisons, but instead is counterproductive. It removes all higher education from maximum security prisons in Ohio, and bans access to tablets and contact visitation. As our testimony notes, higher education in prison is shown to reduce both recidivism and violent incidents in custody. In short, <a href=\"https:\/\/vera-institute.files.svdcdn.com\/production\/downloads\/publications\/postsecondary-education-in-prisonfactsheet-for-corrections-leaders.pdf?dm=1568745841\">it makes prisons and communities safer<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>\nIf you are a criminal legal system reform advocate or legislator who would like to talk to our Advocacy department about providing testimony for or against a bill, please reach out to us using our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/contact.html?topic=Advocacy_Assistance\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HB 338 would end access to higher education for people in maximum security prisons in Ohio, making prisons less safe and worsening outcomes after release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[93],"class_list":["post-18966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testimony","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18966"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18978,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966\/revisions\/18978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18966"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}