Harrison County, Ohio has finally completed a new jail after nearly a century, which will be able to house 80 prisoners and ...

The Ohio House unanimously passed House Bill 29 on Wednesday, which would require all jails and prisons in the state that ...

A Lima man was sentenced Tuesday to a minimum of two years in the Allen County jail for robbing a carryout in 2024.

Ohio’s correction officers could soon be armed with tasers. “This is very rushed,” policy director at Ohio Justice and Policy ...

A recent ruling by the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals shaved nine years off a prison sentence handed down earlier this ...

Bailey Luckett, 25, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide for the I-75 crash in October that killed David Shutt, 44 ...

Brevin Luna was sentenced to two consecutive non-mandatory terms of 18 months and one of six years minimum following a hearing in the Allen County Common Pleas Court on Thursday. The 21-year-old Lima ...

Thirty years ago, Annette Chambers-Smith watched the news footage of an 11-day riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville and wondered if accepting a prison job was the right move. ...

As the newly appointed warden at an Ohio maximum-security prison, the state provided a house to Donald Redwood but he and his wife wanted a major renovation of the two-story colonial. Construction ...

Michael Oliphant, 23, was sentenced to 36 years to life in prison for the death of Kirk Perine and for firing shots at ...

The Ohio prison system opens and scans letters and cards and then delivers the material to inmates on their state-issued tablets. At four prisons, legal mail from attorneys to inmates is also ...