The superintendent for schools in Ohio prisons is retiring after 32 years of public service in education for both ...

A new bill introduced at the Ohio State House aims to impose stricter penalties on inmates who harm or kill correctional ...

ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — The state of Ohio will be giving Tasers to some corrections officers in Ohio as part of a pilot program. According to the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (ODRC), ...

State and local prison officials are stepping up efforts to confiscate smuggled narcotics, especially drug-soaked paper.

Part of the state budget — that was signed last week — is already being challenged in court. As it stands — come January 1 — a billion dollars will be taken from Ohio’s unclaimed funds program. That ...

Ohio Governor DeWine postpones executions of two inmates due to difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs.

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) – A corrections officer was killed on Christmas morning by an inmate at a facility in Ross County, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced Wednesday.