Prison Reform

Many times, small towns don’t have the support system to aid people returning from prison. Coalitions are forming in rural counties to help.

People returning to Dayton from incarceration will now have access to more help reentering society. Montgomery County officials Wednesday cut the ribbon...

Governor Mike DeWine has now delayed total of four executions scheduled through the summer until the state comes up with new lethal injection…

Sentencing reform was at the center of Issue 1 on the statewide ballot in Ohio, calling for more treatment instead of prison time.The measure failed, but…

Issue 1 on the November 6 statewide ballot would amend the state constitution to lessen criminal penalties for drug possession. Proponents say that the…

A nationwide prisoners strike for better prison conditions officially ended September 9. Prisoners are calling for fair labor practices, better facilities…

Franklin County’s jails are overcrowded and old. The downtown jail is 46 years old, and the jail on Jackson Pike is 31 years old. Neither functions…

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

Author of "Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison" Piper Kerman has been an advocate for prison reform since she served time in a federal…

Before it was a critically acclaimed Netflix series, Orange is the New Black was the best-selling memoir of author Piper Kerman's thirteen month stay in a…