More than 60 inmates from five institutions across the state participate in the prison program. Hidden behind brick walls and ...

A Canton driver has been sentenced to prison for killing her passenger in a 2024 crash on Route 30 in Perry Township.

Long overloaded with too many inmates and not enough space to hold them, the state has turned to prisons as far off as Mississippi. Officials cite limited options; inmates’ lawyers and families say ...

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.

In Ohio, across multiple state correctional facilities, inmates are rehabilitating themselves by rehabilitating others: ...

An Ohio man who stole an elderly Oregon woman’s life savings was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, two years after ...

Franklin County has a new, modern jail that is 'night and day' better. Building it out so another older jail can be shuttered ...

A new report on a Taser program in Ohio prisons shows a reduction in use of force, but justice advocates remain concerned about its expansion.

After a 90-day trial, the use of Tasers in Ohio's prisons is expected to increase. Ohio's new prison Taser program is expanding after a trial run at a pair of facilities. In May, the prison system ...

Borges served less than half of his five-year sentence for his role in the HB6 scandal involving FirstEnergy. He was ...

Edward J. Thomas Jr., 20, of Youngstown is an inmate at the maximum-security Southern Ohio Correctional Center in Lucasville. He is serving an 18-year prison sentence for crimes he committed in 2020 ...

Amy Spears, ex-treasurer of Carrollton Exempted Village Schools, received an 18-month prison sentence for theft in office and ...