Damon K. Perry, 53, of Youngstown, was sentenced to 112 months (approximately 9.3 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after he pleaded guilty in May to two counts of sexual abuse ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio bill named after a corrections officer who was killed by an inmate on Christmas morning seeks to increase the penalties for incarcerated people who harm prison ...

Ajamu recalls how a prison guard showed him Old Sparky, the electric chair that was then being used for executions in Ohio. “This is going to be your hottest date!” the guard quipped. On Ajamu’s third ...

“I’m not going to deny the reality — there’s no good explanation,” the interior minister said of how the 20 inmates had slipped out, perhaps over a period of time. By Annie Correal and Jody García ...

A Delaware County prison inmate is facing new charges in the beating of a fellow inmate over a breakfast tray in early October, and subsequently, guards finding a prison-made weapon. The Delaware ...

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - State and local prison officials are stepping up efforts to confiscate smuggled narcotics, especially drug-soaked paper. They say this type of contraband has been posing ...

ENGLAND, UK — Two fellow inmates have been charged with murder after former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins died in a United Kingdom prison Saturday, according to West Yorkshire Police. Watkins, 48, ...

The superintendent for schools in Ohio prisons and correctional facilities is retiring after 32 years of public service in education for both incarcerated adults and youth. Jennifer Sanders, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Gov. Mike DeWine has issued reprieves for two death row inmates who were scheduled to be executed early next year. The governor has ordered that Antonio Franklin and James ...