jail

Four inmates who overpowered two female corrections officers and escaped from an Ohio county jail were caught in North Carolina after slightly more than a…

Ohio’s courts would take significant steps away from cash bail under a set of recommendations offered by a state Supreme Court task force.The panel, led…

A special grand jury indicted five Cuyahoga County corrections officers Monday on civil rights and other charges. Attorney General Dave Yost’s office…

A typical phone call usually doesn't cost much, if anything. But in jails and prisons, inmates must pay to use phones to stay in touch with loved ones and…

It’s noisy and bustling in courtroom 4D. Six days a week, defendants held in the Franklin County Jail are marched in for arraignment.A prosecutor reads…

A study commissioned by Franklin County officials finds racial disparities in the bail system and recommends ideas to reduce reliance on cash bond.The…

The search continues for two men who escaped from a jail in Union County over the weekend.The Union County Sheriff's Office says Joshua Hammond and Cody…

DeVonte Jones began to show signs of schizophrenia as a teenager. His first public episode was nine years ago at a ball game at Wavering Park in Quincy,...

A jump in federal cases involving violent crimes and drug cases being prosecuted in Columbus federal court has officials looking for more jail space.The…

An employee at a state jail in Franklin County has been placed on leave amid an investigation into potential mismanagement of funds.Rickey Hodge, 63, an…