/tags/inmates inmates en-US Copyright Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:07:53 GMT /news/2025-04-11/columbus-conference-focuses-on-brighter-futures-for-former-inmates A conference on helping citizens released from prison rejoin the community with a brighter future ended Friday in Columbus. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:07:53 GMT /news/2025-04-11/columbus-conference-focuses-on-brighter-futures-for-former-inmates Debbie Holmes /news/2015-09-10/bipartisan-effort-launched-to-reduce-ohio-inmate-population A bipartisan group including one of the nation's leading anti-tax crusaders and the American Civil Liberties Union is launching a new effort to reduce… Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:12:11 GMT /news/2015-09-10/bipartisan-effort-launched-to-reduce-ohio-inmate-population The Associated Press Ohio /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2019-04-26/inmates-with-mental-illness More than half of all inmates in the U.S. suffer from some kind of mental illness. But managing mental health treatments in prisons remains a challenge… Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:05:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2019-04-26/inmates-with-mental-illness /news/2017-09-12/new-franklin-county-jail-pods-will-change-inmate-interactions Franklin County’s jails are overcrowded and old. The downtown jail is 46 years old, and the jail on Jackson Pike is 31 years old. Neither functions… Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:00:00 GMT /news/2017-09-12/new-franklin-county-jail-pods-will-change-inmate-interactions Debbie Holmes /news/2017-04-11/marion-prison-inmates-stashed-computers-for-hacking-in-ceiling-report-finds A report by the Ohio Inspector General finds that inmates at the Marion Correctional Institution built contraband computers and used them to commit… Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:00:16 GMT /news/2017-04-11/marion-prison-inmates-stashed-computers-for-hacking-in-ceiling-report-finds Debbie Holmes /news/2017-04-03/two-inmates-still-on-run-after-three-escaped-southeast-ohio-prison Authorities have captured one man and are searching for two others who escaped from a state-run regional prison in southeast Ohio.Nelsonville police say… Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:46:37 GMT /news/2017-04-03/two-inmates-still-on-run-after-three-escaped-southeast-ohio-prison The Associated Press Ohio /news/2016-06-29/ohio-prisons-get-1-3m-from-selling-about-1-400-dairy-cattle Records show Ohio's prisons agency made nearly $1.3 million after selling about 1,400 dairy cattle as part of a larger effort to raise money for new… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:20:52 GMT /news/2016-06-29/ohio-prisons-get-1-3m-from-selling-about-1-400-dairy-cattle The Associated Press Ohio /news/2016-02-09/official-ohio-close-to-needing-1b-prison-due-to-more-inmates The head of Ohio's prisons says the state is close to needing a new prison, but that he won't ask for the estimated $1 billion to build it.The Newark… Tue, 09 Feb 2016 11:53:16 GMT /news/2016-02-09/official-ohio-close-to-needing-1b-prison-due-to-more-inmates The Associated Press Ohio /news/2015-11-20/ohio-announces-3-million-to-treat-mental-illness-in-jails The state has announced $3 million in grants to address the mental health needs of Ohio offenders in county jails in hopes of reducing jail populations… Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:10:18 GMT /news/2015-11-20/ohio-announces-3-million-to-treat-mental-illness-in-jails The Associated Press Ohio /news/2015-10-08/melissa-etheridge-sings-for-inmates-at-marysville-womens-prison Melissa Etheridge says a video of female inmates singing one of her songs led to her performing with them at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in… Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:41:56 GMT /news/2015-10-08/melissa-etheridge-sings-for-inmates-at-marysville-womens-prison The Associated Press Ohio