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    Ohio to Spend Big Bucks on "John School"

    2022-01-16

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    Ohio State News

    The Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced his office’s creation of a guide for courts and communities seeking to establish “john schools” and grants to help fund 10 such programs throughout the state.

    “To the sex buyers that we’re going to bust in 2022, you’re going back to school, because you’ve got some learning to do!” Yost told the 1,100-plus attendees of the virtual event. “This education shows sex buyers the ugly truth about the market they encourage and support.”

    Since taking office in January 2019, the attorney general has made the fight against human trafficking a top priority of his administration, with a particular focus on reducing the demand side of the problem.

    The newly announced guide and grants are rooted in House Bill 431, a state law that Yost and his Human Trafficking Initiative (HTI) team pushed the Ohio General Assembly to pass. The law, which took effect last spring, created legal sanctions aimed specifically at sex buyers, including stiffer fines and a requirement that offenders attend john school, more formally known as sex buyer education classes.

    The book is linked in this article. It is a 32-page guide. The cover is pictured below.

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    The educational mandate means that Ohio needs more john schools. To that end, Yost told summit participants that the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will provide $10,000 each to 10 qualifying communities that want to create a sex-buyer education program.

    The summit, which unites those working to eradicate human trafficking in a statewide celebration of their successes and an examination of the challenges that remain, is presented by Yost’s HTI team, which works to build awareness of the problem, empower Ohioans to take action in their communities, help survivors, and ensure that traffickers and johns are brought to justice.

    “If traffickers and their customers thought COVID-19 would ease the pressure we’re putting on them, they were wrong,” Yost said. “And the pressure won’t ease this year, either. We’re going to bring the pain, and we’re going to bring the justice.”

    Following Yost’s address, summit participants heard from keynote speaker Cyntoia Brown-Long, a nationally recognized advocate for criminal justice reform and victims of human trafficking.

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    numios bisniss
    2022-01-17
    So let me get this straight. As a market analyst, you're wanting me to believe the consumer is the problem and if they didn't consume,,this whole ugly thing would go away? You want me to believe that if feeling good was no longer a factor, the market will dry up and we will all lead productive and comfortable lives? You want me to believe that through reeducation, the consumer won't want the same product you want to rehabilitate them from seaking? And I suppose you want to use tax dollars to solve this problem instead of starting an education program for abused products and suppliers? Here's a reality for ya. Neglect and piis poor parenting is the biggest problem. Internet influence is next and human nature is third. How's about working on those issues first. Then you can work on the consumer. Oh wait, were we talking about drugs or sex? I forget because it's the same problem. The songs words were teach your children well.
    nick g
    2022-01-17
    so...now the good old fashioned hundred dollar hooker is now a sex trafficking victim? I miss the good old days
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