mass incarceration

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker says a state panel that is the gatekeeper for the restoration of voting rights to felons who served their time is unconstitutional.

The city's district attorney says his office will dismiss more than 3,000 misdemeanor convictions and reconsider thousands of felonies, going back more than 40 years.

Ohio-based community activists cleared one hurdle in their campaign for the “Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation” amendment.The…

An innovative project worked with incarcerated women at the Dayton Correctional Institution to write and direct their own short films. The shorts will be…

The American Civil Liberties Union has a long history of defending individual freedoms — whether the cause is popular or controversial — and even when it…

There are a handful of proposals at the Statehouse that attempt to cut down on prison time in favor of rehabilitation. Supporters believe this reduces...

Each year, millions of Americans leave jail or prison. When they do, they're likely to have a hard time managing their health. Some clinics are trying to provide ex-inmates with better, cheaper care.

After more than a hundred years of producing milk, meat and produce, this fall marks the last season for Ohio’s prison farms. State prison officials…

At the Franklin County Jail on Jackson Pike, Lieutenant Lee VanDette walks me through a maze of cinder block halls."If you see people wearing blue shirts…

10:00 You might think victims of crimes want perpetrators locked up for life, but that's not always the case. In this installment of our series on mass…