/tags/prisons Prisons en-US Copyright Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:40:00 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-04-19/in-ohio-prisons-teachers-and-students-build-a-sisterhood-of-music The ensemble and nonprofit Renovare brings classical music to places you might not normally find it, forging relationships and fostering music appreciation. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:40:00 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-04-19/in-ohio-prisons-teachers-and-students-build-a-sisterhood-of-music Carrie Wise, Ideastream Public Media /news/2024-01-30/for-these-ohioans-poetry-offers-a-post-prison-path In Ideastream’s “Sound of Us” poetic reentry series, Cardell Belfoure talks with Ohioans who are making a difference in their communities after leaving prison. He guides them in writing poetry about their reentry experiences. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:09:23 GMT /news/2024-01-30/for-these-ohioans-poetry-offers-a-post-prison-path Kendall Crawford /news/2023-12-13/the-marshall-project-brings-local-journalism-behind-bars-in-ohio The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization, will bring local criminal justice reporting into 44 correctional institutions across the state. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:50:44 GMT /news/2023-12-13/the-marshall-project-brings-local-journalism-behind-bars-in-ohio Kendall Crawford /news/2023-10-19/people-in-ohios-prisons-can-take-liberal-arts-classes-thanks-to-an-osu-program The Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project brings free college courses into Ohio’s prisons, to the benefit of students on campus and behind bars. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 08:21:00 GMT /news/2023-10-19/people-in-ohios-prisons-can-take-liberal-arts-classes-thanks-to-an-osu-program Kendall Crawford /government-politics/2020-03-26/ohio-now-releasing-daily-numbers-on-coronavirus-testing-in-prisons Seventeen people have been tested for coronavirus in five Ohio prisons – 13 results were negative and the rest are pending, and those inmates are in… Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:50:14 GMT /government-politics/2020-03-26/ohio-now-releasing-daily-numbers-on-coronavirus-testing-in-prisons Karen Kasler /government-politics/2019-01-28/former-director-of-prison-inspection-office-says-one-staffer-and-interns-cant-produce-reports An office that inspects and reports on conditions, trends and violence in Ohio’s 27 adult prisons and three juvenile facilities is down to one staffer,… Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:54:23 GMT /government-politics/2019-01-28/former-director-of-prison-inspection-office-says-one-staffer-and-interns-cant-produce-reports Karen Kasler /crime-law-enforcement/2018-12-20/state-government-watchdog-finds-rampant-fraud-waste-and-abuse-in-prisons-work-program The head of Ohio’s government watchdog agency has found what he’s calling “rampant fraud, waste and abuse” in the inmate vocational training program that… Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:57:26 GMT /crime-law-enforcement/2018-12-20/state-government-watchdog-finds-rampant-fraud-waste-and-abuse-in-prisons-work-program Karen Kasler /news/2017-08-30/report-most-inmates-set-for-execution-in-ohio-have-serious-mental-intellectual-impairments Ohio has more execution dates set than any other state. And a new report from Harvard Law School shows most of those condemned inmates have serious mental… Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:10:12 GMT /news/2017-08-30/report-most-inmates-set-for-execution-in-ohio-have-serious-mental-intellectual-impairments Karen Kasler /government-politics/2017-04-14/drc-director-pushes-prisoner-diversion-program-pushes-back-against-building-another-prison Five percent of the state budget is dedicated to maintaining the state’s 27 prisons, which have been overcrowded for decades. And the state’s prisons… Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:03:09 GMT /government-politics/2017-04-14/drc-director-pushes-prisoner-diversion-program-pushes-back-against-building-another-prison Karen Kasler /news/2017-03-31/serial-killer-nicknamed-angel-of-death-dies-after-beating-in-ohio-prison A man who admitted killing dozens of people while working as a nurse’s aide in the 70s and 80s has died after being beaten in an Ohio prison. 64-year-old… Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:54:59 GMT /news/2017-03-31/serial-killer-nicknamed-angel-of-death-dies-after-beating-in-ohio-prison Karen Kasler