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A conflict between Ohio Republican leaders and the state's bipartisan Correctional Institution Inspection Committee ended with the resignation of the…

Staying in jail can be expensive, with many jailers charging inmates what are known as "pay to stay" fees that can add up to tens of thousands of dollars…

The union that represents Ohio's corrections officers, has sued the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections to stop the planned shutdown of the…

Ohio is shutting down its prison farms in a move to raise millions of dollars to fund new rehabilitation and job-training programs for inmates through…

A convicted murderer who escaped from an Ohio prison over the weekend has been captured. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction tweeted late…

A new report from a legislative watchdog agency says a southern Ohio prison continues to be the state's most violent, troubled by gang activity, drug use…

A federal appeals court has reinstated an Ohio prison inmate's lawsuit over an alleged beating by a corrections officer and other punishment.The…

The head of Ohio's prisons says the state is close to needing a new prison, but that he won't ask for the estimated $1 billion to build it.The Newark…

UBUNTU choir is a group of men who are prisoners at the Madison Correctional Institution in London, a few minutes outside Columbus. The choir’s been…

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