Despite being outnumbered at the Statehouse, Ohio Democrats are angling to influence a $61 billion budget that they say is ...

But the governor stops short of calling for a legal mandate to require ... of in-custody deaths in jails and prisons. "I think every state, including Ohio, should have such a law.

Federal and state governments offset budget shortfalls by forcing incarcerated laborers to work to maintain the very prisons ...

Cash-strapped jails are taking in immigrants to help Trump’s agenda and fill their coffers - The administration turns to local law enforcement to expand the footprint of his mass deportation operation ...

The Ohio prison system opens and scans letters and cards and then delivers the material to inmates on their state-issued tablets. At four prisons, legal mail from attorneys to inmates is also ...

An investigation into Ohio's juvenile detention centers and youth prisons won the prestigious Scripps Howard Journalism Award for Local/Regional Investigative Reporting on Sunday. The eight-month ...

Ohio's youth prisons face ongoing staff shortages, increased violence, and rising solitary confinement hours. Inspections at Indian River and Circleville juvenile correctional facilities revealed ...

Ohio has the money to hire and pay guards, behavioral health clinicians, teachers and others needed inside the state's youth prisons but simply cannot get people to take the jobs, according to ...

Construction is expected to start this spring on new, smaller youth prisons, which will allow the state to eventually close the larger Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility. The Ohio ...

Employers across the region are expressing concerns with federal efforts to revoke the legal status of many Haitians ... Springfield area — according to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.

Following the recent talks over vaccine exemptions in West Virginia, Ohio County Schools is seeking legal counsel. In January, Governor Patrick Morrisey signed an executive order to allow students ...