A two-time registered sex offender from Fayette County, Ohio, will serve three decades in prison after pleading guilty to ...

News takes you inside a unique program where incarcerated women find purpose and hope in crafting symbols of our freedom.

Gutting Ohio’s independent prison oversight body and handing its powers over to an office responsible for defending prisons ...

Ohio should ditch plans to build a new youth prison and instead use the state money to construct smaller, closer-to-home juvenile lockup facilities, a task force created by Gov. Mike DeWine said ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some might refer to it as a sensitive topic. It's certainly a recurring one at the Ohio Statehouse, as feminine hygiene products in correctional facilities could be addressed in ...

Ohio's youth prisons shouldn't be a place for kids under 14 and judges need more discretion about sentencing teens, ... build a dozen smaller facilities Ohio is creating 'monsters' at youth prisons.

ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – A new program aims to help Ohioans who are former inmates get housing and move on with their lives by ...

American flags and the Ohio burgee will be lowered at public places in Ross County, state prison facilities and the Ohio Statehouse until sunset on the day of Lansing's funeral.. An inmate at Ross ...

An investigation into Ohio's juvenile detention centers and youth prisons won the prestigious Scripps Howard Journalism Award for Local/Regional Investigative Reporting on Sunday. The eight-month ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — An investigation is underway into the death of an Ohio corrections officer. Officials say Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked by an inmate on Christmas morning at the Ross ...

An Ohio prison guard is dead after being assaulted by an inmate on Christmas Day, authorities said. “It is with great sadness that I confirm the tragic death of Correction Officer Andrew Lansing ...

Each Ohio prison facilities' teams will receive some seeds from Ruby for next year's challenge. The pumpkins will be on display at each facility this month. lwhitmir@gannettt.com. 419-521-7223. X ...