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The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is moving forward with its plan to install more than 5,000 body-worn cameras inside all of the prisons and adult parole facilities.

he Ohio prisons system plans to digitally scan virtually all incoming mail for inmates to thwart drugs smuggled by soaking them into paper.

This episode originally aired on Feb. 22, 2021.Nearly 2.7 million children in the U.S. have a parent behind bars. That’s one in every 28 children.Finding…

Some Ohio prison inmates are once again able to greet visitors, another positive sign for a system that’s been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Visits…

Nearly 2.7 million children in the U.S. have a parent behind bars. That’s one in every 28 children.Finding a way for incarcerated parents to connect with…

A report from the ACLU of Ohio finds that nearly one of every 10 bills introduced by Ohio lawmakers during the last legislative session were criminal…

Ohio’s effort to vaccinate citizens against COVID-19 have been hampered by a lack of supply. Gov. Mike DeWine said there is hope the state will begin…

Ohio’s prison authority is vaccinating inmates and staff against the coronavirus at three detention facilities starting this week, but vaccines are limited to inmates under medical care. According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, vaccinations will be available to 593 inmates and 456 staff members. The shipments began arriving Monday.

There have been 115 confirmed or probable COVID-19 inmate deaths and 7 staff deaths in Ohio’s prison system . The prison population has been reduced...

More than 1,500 inmates and prison staff have died from from the coronavirus so far, according to a UCLA study.