Lester Eubanks, now 81, escaped custody in 1973 in Columbus while serving a life sentence for the 1965 murder of a teen girl ...

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

NYU professor Nicole Fleetwood explores how incarcerated people use art to build community, cross racial divides, and reclaim ...

A two-year, $60 billion state operating budget is headed to Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. It flattens the state’s income ...

A small watchdog agency over Ohio's adult and juvenile prisons would be drastically changed under the state budget bill.

An anti-drug smuggling policy has slowed the delivery of time-sensitive court documents as prison staff read letters ...

Drone detection is a growing focus for Ohio’s prisons. The state is working to increase investments in this area, while finding new ways to advance public safety.

The Ohio Corrections Museum at the Ohio State Reformatory Friday celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the newest museum exhibit ― The Ohio Reformatory for Women exhibit. Members of the Mansfield ...

T he law was the legislative reaction to the 2017 murder of Reagan Tokes, a 21-year-old Ohio State University student, by a man recently released from prison.. Lawmakers sought to ensure public safety ...

They also confirmed that the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating. On Sunday, March 16, ODRC confirmed an "inmate-on-inmate assault" at Ross Correctional Institution (RCI).

COLUMBUS — The state’s Correctional Institution Inspection Committee, a joint committee of the 136th Ohio General Assembly, earlier this month made an unannounced inspection of the Ohio State ...