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

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

State prison officials are placing all the blame for the Christmas Day killing of Corrections Officer Andrew Lansing on one man: inmate Rashawn Cannon. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued reprieves for two death row inmates who were scheduled to be executed early next year. The ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (WCMH) — A Chillicothe prison where an officer was killed by an inmate on Christmas Day did not have any policy lapses. An investigation by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and ...

Athens County Common Pleas Judge Patrick Lang sentenced Robert Collins, 63, of Glouster to a minimum of 110 years to a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has released audit findings of Ross Correctional Institution (RCI) following the killing of correction officer Andrew Lansing on ...

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