State Sen. Al Cutrona will serve on the state Legislature’s Correctional Institution Inspection Committee. Cutrona, R-Canfield, was appointed to the committee by Senate President Rob McColley, ...

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction staff members gather on Jan. 3 for Andrew Lansing’s funeral procession as it ...

A Mentor man was sentenced to four to six years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. Julian Stuart, a 19-year-old from Mentor, was ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The family of fallen corrections officer Andrew Lansing from the Ross Correctional Institution (RCI) has reported receiving a threatening letter, raising further concerns following ...

The Briefing Room. Why do we have such overcrowded prisons? Audio, 28 minutesThe Briefing Room Why do we have such overcrowded prisons? Britain has the highest number of prisoners per head of ...

Officers uncovered homemade alcohol during a routine search of the Lorain County Correctional Institution in January.

Homemade alcohol, clothing, and blankets were discovered hidden in the Lorain County Jail Wednesday. The Lorain County ...

In November 2024, the former DYS director told News 5 that scaling down facilities was the first of 26 recommendations to improve safety and outcomes in the state’s juvenile justice system.“It’s ...

According to the Prison Policy Initiative, prisons, jails and other forms of incarceration “hold over 1.9 million people in 1,566 state prisons, 98 federal prisons, 3,116 local jails, 1,323 juvenile ...

On January 2, 2025, Danny Mcilwaine an inmate from Drummond Institution, died while in our custody ... As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) will ...

ABOUT THE VICTIM’S CONDITION. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY THIS MORNING FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AN INMATE AT THE STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE AT GREEN. PRISON OFFICIALS SAY JOSEPH TAYLOR WAS ...

LORAIN, Ohio (WOIO) - A Lorain police officer struck a woman who walked into the road, while transporting a person under arrest in a marked cruiser. Lorain Police Captain Jacob Morris said the ...