Tasers aren’t the answer to improving the safety of Ohio prisons. We need a prison system that works, writes guest columnist ...

In a one-page memo issued months into the new policy, prison system officials signaled to county court clerks that they need ...

T o appeal his conviction for burglary and related charges, James Bishop needed the legal papers a Jefferson County court clerk had mailed him in prison. But mailroom staff at Ohio’s Noble ...

A method some Ohio prisons use to prevent drugs from being trafficked into facilities through the mail is being challenged in court, with a nonprofit law firm claiming it invades inmates’ privacy.

On Christmas morning, Ross Correctional Institution officer Andrew Lansing was brutally beaten and killed, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The organization says ...

The Reagan Tokes law links alleged behavior in prison to time served. People who break prison rules, especially for violent or sexual behavior, are kept beyond their minimum term. Elected judges ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A method some Ohio prisons use to prevent drugs from being trafficked into facilities through the mail is being challenged in court, with a nonprofit law firm claiming it ...

Security, pay, staffing: Ohio prison issues under spotlight after officer's death According to ODRC data, RCI had 736 use-of-force incidents between inmates and staff in 2023. It was the highest ...

Security, pay, staffing: Ohio prison issues under spotlight after officer's death According to ODRC data, RCI had 736 use-of-force incidents between inmates and staff in 2023. It was the highest ...