The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility recently announced that Correction Officer Matt Cooper has been selected as their officer of the year for 2025. He is a nominee for the Ohio Department of ...

Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 29 on Dec. 19, after it unanimously passed the House in May and the Senate in November. The measure will go into effect on March 20.

A newly-released report on the beating death of Ohio corrections officer Andrew Lansing, who prosecutors say was killed by inmate Rashawn Cannon on Christmas Day last year, concludes there were no ...

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced that Ohio Penal Industries were awarded the "Innovations in Corrections" award from the American Correctional Association during ...

WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins has been outspoken about justice in Ohio, fighting for legislators to clear a path to allow the Ohio Department of Corrections to once ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Twenty years ago, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction opened a plant at its prison in Pickaway County to teach inmates how to butcher cows and pigs. It was a time ...