prison. i wolf, i don t know how you classify life. i would have to say, in ohio, i expect he ll be classified as a five, the highest level of offender, and he ll be put into segregation. probably, and i m just guessing, at ohio state penitentiary in youngstown, where they house level five offenders. and you re absolutely right, there they re allowed some writing materials, they may be given a book or two, but in prison, a lot of the last few pages of the books are ripped right out, so those aren t even i mean, we re talking about maybe some books, maybe some paper, one hour a day. is it considered too luxurious for somebody like this? certainly reasonable minds can differ, but life, 23 out of 24 hours a day in administrative segregation is hardly a day in the park. will members of his family be allowed to go to that prison under normal circumstances i know you don t know all the details of what s in store there in lorain, ohio, but let s say one of his relatives wants to com
whether he s in lorain or youngstown, wherever he is housed, there are visitation policies, which he could lose if he misbehaves, but there is visitation. it s very limited. he will be allowed. but the reality is, from what we re hearing, most of his family is not planning any trips to see him. if he were sent into the general prison population, his life would be endangered. i assume everyone agrees on that, right? yeah. ohio prisons have all prisons have an obligation when an inmate complains of fear of being injured, they have to segregate him. sometimes people call it the hole. but the reality is, it s segregation for his own safety, and that s exactly what ohio prisons and every other prison does. they have a special unit that includes, believe it or not, ex-cops, other people that are generally in danger of being attacked by the general prison population. it s highly unlikely that ariel castro will simply be released
candidates address. and so i m hopeful that a lot of these other domestic issues do get addressed. and we have to talk about this photo-op. paul ryan washing pots at st. vincent depaul in youngstown, ohio. the charity is saying that those pots weren t even dirty and the campaign released a statement it was a great opportunity to highlight the importance of volunteerism and local clarities. but jackie, is this something people expect, kind of contrived at campaign spots some does it make them look bad sort of reinforcing some people s opinion that they don t really truly get what it means to be middle class or even certainly poor in america? these are tricky to pull off. i mean, this isn t necessarily as damaging as the tank incident. but the photo-opes can be tricky. when you have charities and politics, it s a tough terrain for them. so maybe there should have been
he s singing the praises of president obama. and on thursday the boss will be joined by former president bill clinton, another boss so to speak, at an event in ohio. it will be free to the public. well, the gop ticket is busy crisscrossing the crucial battle ground state of ohio again today. moments ago vice-president nomin nominee paul ryan wrapped up a campaign stop in youngstown. reporter: a good saturday to you, alex witt, from the battle ground state of ohio which has become in large part a home away from home for both the obama and the romney campaigns. they re spending a lot of time here, a lot of money here because of the role that ohio may ultimately play and who wins this election come november 6. last night mitt romney and paul ryan played to a large crowd in lancaster, ohio. there was a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of excitement in the air. and in large part because they believe the republicans believe
million new jobs right here in america. at the same time, mitt romney and paul ryan are campaigning across the battle ground state of ohio. congressman ryan rallied voters in youngstown earlier today. your share of the debt has gone up to $51,000 for every man, woman and child in america. a 45% increase in the individual burden of debt to every single american. we re heading in the wrong direction. a new video of mitt romney arriving at his columbus hotel. earlier he spent time with ohio senator rob portman preparing for the debate. right now romney is heading to a rally in portsmouth, ohio begins about an hour or so from now. he will then travel to lebanon for an event there. nbc s peter alexander knows all too well the schedule. he s traveling with the romney campaign and joins us live on the phone. a good saturday to you, peter. i know the challenger has a very busy schedule in ohio today. reporter: he does. exactly right. he s trying to take advantage of the enthusiasm that