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Gang activity drops in Ohio prisons

No reasoning was given for the decrease in membership or activity

By C1 Staff

COLUMBUS – Gang activity dropped 12.9 percent in two years, with the most disruptive gang activity cut almost in half.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that passive gang membership dropped slightly from 2012 to 2014, while inmates in active gangs fell 34 percent and disruptive inmate gang activity dropped 45 percent.

No reasoning was given for the decrease in membership or activity.