Ohio has the money to hire and pay guards, behavioral health clinicians, teachers and others needed inside the state's youth prisons but simply cannot get people to take the jobs, according to ...

The Marshall Project highlights a new report that sheds light on pregnant people behind bars, but misses their lived ...

A federal judge sentenced disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi to seven years and three months in prison for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients, including several with severe ph ...

Construction is expected to start this spring on new, smaller youth prisons, which will allow the state to eventually close the larger Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility. The Ohio ...

The new Harrison County Jail opened its doors on Tuesday afternoon in front of a large crowd, including Ohio Governor Mike ...

The United Nation’s Mandela Laws defines solitary confinement as 22 hours or more a day “without meaningful human contact.” ...

Lee Jae-myung was a child laborer with an arm deformity. He attempted suicide. He later made his way through university and ...

The 37-page report outlines nine recommendations for improving the juvenile justice system. It will be up to Cuyahoga County ...

A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat Fischer has announced a bid to unseat Justice Jennifer Brunner with two years left on his ...

Federal and state governments offset budget shortfalls by forcing incarcerated laborers to work to maintain the very prisons ...

The Texas bill would make it a misdemeanor to sell, possess or manufacture consumable products with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. The proposal shadows several other state efforts to crack down on a ...