Incarceration

A big change coming to Ohio’s court system starting July 1, as the state takes a step closer to getting rid of cash bail for people being held in jail.

There have been 115 confirmed or probable COVID-19 inmate deaths and 7 staff deaths in Ohio’s prison system. The prison population has been reduced because of COVID, but advocates say the facilities are still overcrowded and dangerous.

At the beginning of the pandemic, the number of inmates in the Montgomery County Jail was reduced to less than 500. Now, that number has climbed back up to nearly 700.

Public health experts and advocates have worried about correctional facilities since the beginning of the pandemic. In such close quarters, social...

Gov. Eric Holcomb often brags about the Indiana Women’s Prison. Last year, Holcomb showed the prison off to Ivanka Trump. He’s mentioned the prison in...

The outbreak of COVID-19 among inmates at the Montgomery County Jail has grown since the first case was reported on June 10. The facility currently has 17…

The Indiana Women’s Prison has taken hard measures to contain the coronavirus. Many inmates in the prison have spent long periods locked in their cells ...

Another inmate at the Montgomery County jail has tested positive for COVID-19. The first case of COVID-19 at the jail was reported last week. Two guards…

Gov. Mike DeWine wanted to make a message clear Monday during a press conference: As the state reopens, the success of the economy depends on whether...

Sherrie Sanders says she last spoke with her husband, George, on April 12. It was Easter Sunday. “He told me he was very sick. He had a fever of 102,”...

Gov. Mike DeWine used his Thursday briefing on coronavirus in Ohio to provide some insight into what the state's prisons are doing to battle the...

After widespread testing this weekend in Ohio’s prisons, the state says 3,312 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. That's significantly more than...