Ohio man receives state payout for wrongful conviction on child rape charges

COLUMBUS, Ohio—State officials on Monday approved an initial payment of more than $54,000 to an Ohio man who was freed after ...
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Ohio's once-bustling prison is now an abandoned Hollywood-famous destination for unique tours

In a small city in Ohio, you'll find an old (and possibly haunted) prison that has been featured in multiple movies, ...
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Central Ohio correctional facilities awarded nearly $1 million for addiction treatment

Five central Ohio correctional institutions have received a combined total of nearly $1 million in state grants to support ...
The Marshall Project

Who’s in Ohio’s Psychiatric Hospitals, How Did They Get There and When Do They Get Out?

Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more ...
The Lima News

Lawsuit filed against Ohio prison system over guard’s death

COLUMBUS — The wife of a prison guard who was killed on Christmas Day 2024 at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe has filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Court of Claims seeking punitive damages ...
WHIO

Inmates at Ohio prison facility build ODOT plows, salt trucks

CHILLICOTHE — Since 1968, Ohio Penal Industries and the Ohio Department of Transportation have partnered to produce trucks that keep Ohio’s roads safe, with 175 incarcerated workers assembling plow ...