David Wagner, 35, was indicted on charges of aggravated murder and felonious assault — with repeat violent offender ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A nonprofit law firm has sued the Ohio prison system over a policy that directs corrections officials to read and scan inmates’ mail, including letters of private correspondence with ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A method some Ohio prisons use to prevent drugs from being trafficked into facilities through the mail is being challenged in court, with a nonprofit law firm claiming it ...

Edward J. Thomas Jr., 20, of Youngstown is an inmate at the maximum-security Southern Ohio Correctional Center in Lucasville. He is serving an 18-year prison sentence for crimes he committed in 2020 ...

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — The first inmate to die by lethal injection in Ohio in more than a year argued to the end that his obesity would make it difficult for prison staff to find suitable veins in his ...

If this isn’t an example of letting the fox guard the henhouse, I don’t know what is. In the wee hours of the morning, under the cover of darkness, a majority of the Ohio Legislature voted to ...