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The 2023 graduates from Sinclair Community College's Prison Education Program comprised over 100 women from the Dayton Correctional Institution.
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The legislative watchdog evaluating Ohio's prisons is so short-staffed that unpaid interns are working on inspections.The Plain Dealer in Cleveland…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The group that keeps tabs on Ohio’s prisons for state lawmakers says there are fewer young people behind bars. The Correction Institution Inspection…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…