Ohio’s correction officers could soon be armed with tasers. “This is very rushed,” policy director at Ohio Justice and Policy ...

A method some Ohio prisons use to prevent drugs from being trafficked into facilities through the mail is being challenged in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A nonprofit law firm has sued the Ohio prison system over a policy that directs corrections officials to read and scan inmates’ mail, including letters of private correspondence with ...

The Ohio House unanimously passed House Bill 29 on Wednesday, which would require all jails and prisons in the state that ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced Friday that $50 million in ...

Incarcerated women should be given free tampons, pads and showers while menstruating, some state lawmakers say.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) marked Earth Day 2025 by planting 150 apple trees across five of its institutions. The trees, donated by the Johnny Appleseed Foundation ...

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Annette Chambers-Smith said an inmate veered from his group and fatally attacked Andy. Inmate Rashawn Cannon has since been transferred to ...

Authorities have released the identity of the inmate who is being accused of attacking and killing an Ohio veteran corrections officer on Christmas Day. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and ...

The Ohio Justice and Policy Center filed a lawsuit on May 6 against senior managers of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction over the screening of mail between inmates and their ...

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 ...