According to a press release from Yost's office, the grants, which are awarded out of the Opioid Remediation Grant Program, ...

CHILLICOTHE — Since 1968, Ohio Penal Industries and the Ohio Department of Transportation have partnered to produce trucks that keep Ohio’s roads safe, with 175 incarcerated workers assembling plow ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — On Christmas Day last year, Andrew Lansing, an officer at Chillicothe’s Ross Correctional Institution, was assaulted and killed by inmate Rashawn Cannon. Now, Andy’s Law, a ...

Citing the need to keep out drug-soaked paper, state prison officials have expanded the opening and scanning of confidential attorney mail to incarcerated clients in every Ohio prison. Since 2021, ...

Riicarra Janelle Dior is a transgender woman currently serving time at the Grafton Correctional Facility — a men’s prison in Lorain County. Warning: There is discussion of sexual assault and anatomy ...

A small state agency that serves as a watchdog over adult and juvenile prisons across Ohio is facing dramatic changes in the state budget bill. The Corrections Institution Inspection Committee and its ...

Ohio's Mahoning Valley, including its airport, jail, and a private prison, has become a hub for ICE detainee transfers and housing. Local residents and advocates express concerns over the morality and ...

The estate of a slain Ohio prison guard has filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Officer Andrew Lansing was killed by an inmate at Ross Correctional ...