http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/13913625.htm
"Prisons officials are asking lawmakers to consider alternatives to putting deadbeat parents behind bars, where they don't earn much money and continue failing to support their children.The 601 men and 24 women sent to prison in 2004 for not paying child support made $12 to $18 a month working prison jobs, while taxpayers paid about $63 a day for each prisoner's shelter, food, clothing and medical care.'We strongly think each child should receive the support they are due,' said Andrea Dean, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. 'But we also understand there are going to be some deadbeat dads or parents for whom, if they had an opportunity, an alternative sanction other than prison would be a good option.'"
