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 ...

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 ...

Ohio inmate Tommy Meadows won a $404,000 jury award in a civil rights lawsuit. Meadows was pepper sprayed and put into ...

Epping sex offender arrested in north London after mistaken prison release - Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford on ...

The stabbing of an inmate late Sunday at the private prison is the ninth this year and the 17th since the beginning of 2024, ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio— Former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges was released from federal prison after serving less than half of the 5-year sentence he received for his role in the House Bill 6 ...

A Cuyahoga County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Cleveland woman to life in prison with parole eligibility after 24 years for killing a man in 2023. Manija Downey, 30, was convicted in September of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Erie County government used inmates to remove snow in December without judicial approval. The county executive defended the program, stating it used "low-risk" inmates and followed internal vetting ...

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — They are dogs with a mission: The Prison Pet Partnership allows people who are incarcerated in Washington state prisons to learn job skills, which include training puppies to ...