/tags/ohio-department-of-rehabilitation-and-corrections Ohio Department Of Rehabilitation And Corrections en-US Copyright Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMT /2024-03-14/high-tech-training-is-coming-to-ohio-prisons The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections is expanding its educational offerings, hoping to better prepare those in prison for the changing workforce. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMT /2024-03-14/high-tech-training-is-coming-to-ohio-prisons Kathryn Mobley, WYSO Public Radio /news/2022-05-10/ohio-death-row-inmate-with-execution-date-dies-of-heart-attack Michael Webb died May 2 at a Columbus hospital. The 73-year-old was sentenced to die for setting a 1990 fire at his southern Ohio house. Tue, 10 May 2022 18:33:40 GMT /news/2022-05-10/ohio-death-row-inmate-with-execution-date-dies-of-heart-attack The Associated Press /ideastream/2021-10-04/for-ohioans-who-committed-crimes-before-july-1996-chance-of-parole-is-slim “Old law inmates,” or those who committed their crimes before Ohio changed the parole board system in 1996, have little success in their parole board hearings. Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:00:00 GMT /ideastream/2021-10-04/for-ohioans-who-committed-crimes-before-july-1996-chance-of-parole-is-slim Matthew Richmond /news/2021-07-21/prison-workers-face-discipline-in-inmates-death-at-orient-facility Ten prison workers have been named as involved in the February beating and death of a Columbus man who’d arrived at a Pickaway County correctional facility just two weeks earlier to start his sentence for a stabbing. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:48:05 GMT /news/2021-07-21/prison-workers-face-discipline-in-inmates-death-at-orient-facility Karen Kasler /news/2020-07-28/coronavirus-in-ohio-prisons-director-tests-positive-for-covid-19 The director of Ohio's prison system has announced that she has tested positive for the coronavirus.Annette Chambers-Smith is head of the Ohio Department… Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:44:25 GMT /news/2020-07-28/coronavirus-in-ohio-prisons-director-tests-positive-for-covid-19 Associated Press /news/2020-07-17/coronavirus-in-ohio-prison-health-care-union-demands-better-ppe-staffing-policies A union that represents health care workers in Ohio’s correctional facilities is demanding additional personal protective equipment and staffing policy… Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:51:27 GMT /news/2020-07-17/coronavirus-in-ohio-prison-health-care-union-demands-better-ppe-staffing-policies Clare Roth /wvxu-stories/2020-04-30/ohio-corrections-director-outlines-how-prisons-are-coping-in-this-pandemic Gov. Mike DeWine used his Thursday briefing on coronavirus in Ohio to provide some insight into what the state's prisons are doing to battle the... Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:30:40 GMT /wvxu-stories/2020-04-30/ohio-corrections-director-outlines-how-prisons-are-coping-in-this-pandemic Jennifer Merritt /news/2020-04-20/coronavirus-in-ohio-cases-top-11-000-fueled-by-mass-testing-at-prisons Widespread coronavirus testing in Ohio prisons fueled a weekend surge in cases, which researchers say could represent the peak of the pandemic in Ohio.… Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:44:18 GMT /news/2020-04-20/coronavirus-in-ohio-cases-top-11-000-fueled-by-mass-testing-at-prisons Karen Kasler /statehouse-news-stories/2020-04-17/head-of-ohios-prison-workers-union-in-quarantine-for-covid-19 489 inmates and 184 staff in Ohio’s prisons have tested positive for COVID-19. More than 32,000 inmates in 20 of Ohio’s 28 prisons are under full... Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:40:37 GMT /statehouse-news-stories/2020-04-17/head-of-ohios-prison-workers-union-in-quarantine-for-covid-19 Karen Kasler, Karen Kasler /news/2020-04-16/coronavirus-in-ohio-prison-system-steps-up-testing-as-more-inmates-die Fourteen state prisons housing 21,000 inmates are now under quarantine due to the coronavirus, which continues to infect inmates and staff throughout… Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news/2020-04-16/coronavirus-in-ohio-prison-system-steps-up-testing-as-more-inmates-die Debbie Holmes