WANTS ACCOUNTABLILITY--Sen. Jeffrey Johnson, D-Cleveland, gestures as he questions a witness, during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Ohio Statehoue, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998. The Committee was hearing possible legislation that would regulate the state's private prisons.

CHANGE OF HEART--Sen. Janet Howard, R-Forest Park, offers sponsor testimony, during a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998. Howard is supporting regulation of the state's private prisons although the majority Republicans defeated such measures earlier this year.