Criminal Justice System

Knox is coming to Dayton this week to speak at an event for the Ohio Innocence Project, a local nonprofit whose mission is to free every innocent person convicted of a crime they didn’t commit.

People from a local anti-mass incarceration group expressed concern at the Montgomery County commission meeting this week about a jail capital improvement project state grant application the county filed.

Mary Evans interviews Patrick Davis of the Fringe Coffeehouse in Hamilton – where he and his wife are offering a range of much-needed services to formerly incarcerated citizens.

Mary Evans interviews Patrick Davis of the Fringe Coffeehouse in Hamilton – which is offering a range of much-needed services to formerly incarcerated citizens.

The Montgomery County Auditor's office put a quilt on display depicting a map of Dayton showing the racially fueled physical divide in the city first conceived in the 1930s. Health experts continue encouraging Ohioans who haven't to get vaccinated and boosted.

House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) said leaders needed to have more conversations on the issue of bail reform.

A proposed statewide ballot issue to change state constitutional laws on bail is gaining momentum while lawmakers consider other measures.

The group includes family members of those who died in acts of violence.

Rescue in Ohio can look like handcuffs, spit hoods, jail time or court dates.

The gunshot-detection microphones used by the Dayton Police Department dispatched officers to West Dayton over 2,200 times over the last two years.

Everyone incarcerated in Ohio’s prisons can be classified in one of two groups – those who are commonly referred to as “old law inmates” and those known as “new law inmates.” The dividing line is July 1, 1996. That’s when Ohio changed the parole board system.

Nearly 1 million residents of the state have felony convictions. For our Justice Matters series, we speak with some of them who have been living with the consequences, while we identify some calls for change.