Ohio prisons

The legislative watchdog evaluating Ohio's prisons is so short-staffed that unpaid interns are working on inspections.The Plain Dealer in Cleveland…

It’s a chilly March afternoon in Marysville, Ohio, and I’m riding around on a golf cart with Clara Golding Kent, the public information officer for the…

Melody Williams is serving life without parole. Because of the severity of her crime she was sent to a supermax/maximum security facility, and spent the…

A new report from a legislative watchdog agency says a southern Ohio prison continues to be the state's most violent, troubled by gang activity, drug use…

Ohio hopes to help curb rising numbers of women inmates in the state's prisons through a program focusing on community alternatives. The Columbus Dispatch…

UBUNTU choir is a group of men who are prisoners at the Madison Correctional Institution in London, a few minutes outside Columbus. The choir’s been…

The group that keeps tabs on Ohio’s prisons for state lawmakers says there are fewer young people behind bars. The Correction Institution Inspection…

A new study shows Ohio as a national leader in diverting juveniles to lower-cost community programs instead of prison.The national study by the Office of…

Advocates who want to decrease the prison population in Ohio say reforming the criminal justice system is just one step—first, they’ll have to put an end…

Ohio’s prison system has become the state’s largest mental health provider, and the state is hoping to work with advocates in the mental health community…

A state panel of legislators that usually flies under the radar held a meeting that became a venue for a passionate debate about Ohio’s parole board…

Inmates at Ohio's highest security prison have entered the second week of a hunger strike protesting recreation and programming restrictions that include…