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The group that keeps tabs on Ohio’s prisons for state lawmakers says there are fewer young people behind bars.The Correction Institution Inspection…

A federal judge has ended a decade of court-ordered oversight of Ohio's juvenile prison system. In 2004, two child advocacy lawyers sued the Department of…

A new study shows inmates in Ohio’s local jails often rack up thousands of dollars in fees while they are in those lockups, and that those fees make it…

The union representing state prison guards says a female corrections officer was taken hostage by a male inmate after being left alone with other inmates…

A retired Westerville firefighter and his son have been sentenced to prison for robbing three pharmacies to get prescription pills.A Franklin County judge…

Ohio's attorney general is challenging a new ordinance approved by Toledo voters that reduces penalties on all marijuana-related offenses.Attorney General…

Ohioans who repeatedly use guns to commit crimes would face tougher penalties under a proposal being heard by a House committee.The bill aims to reduce…

A former Ohio deputy treasurer who fled to Pakistan in the face of a 15-year prison sentence has delivered a public apology before a federal judge and,…

Fairfield County's officials will vote next month to approve the construction of a new $34.5 million jail.Michigan-based Granger Construction Co.…

A man convicted of manslaughter walked away from an Ohio prison farm in 1959, then was allowed to slip away from law enforcement in 1975 and disappeared…