In November 2024, the former DYS director told News 5 that scaling down facilities was the first of 26 recommendations to improve safety and outcomes in the state’s juvenile justice system.“It’s ...

Ohio Department of Youth Services announced ... is 35 miles from the current facility and neighbors the Grafton Correctional Institution. “I’m proud of my new team for quickly expanding ...

Former Ohio attorney William R ... Sparks will be on probation following his release from the Grafton Correctional Institution. Other terms of his release are to be filed in the court record ...

LEAVITTSBURG, Ohio — The new year means the next step for one ... Louis Fields started the program while he was an inmate at Grafton Correctional Institution. He said it helps give people hope. “We ...

Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked Wednesday at the Ross Correctional Institution (RCI) in Chillicothe, about 43 miles south of Columbus, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and ...

Senator Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) has been selected to serve on the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee (CIIC).

An investigation is underway into the death of an Ohio corrections officer.Officials say Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked by an inmate on Christmas morning at the Ross Correctional Institution ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — An Ohio correctional officer was killed when he was assaulted by an inmate at the Ross Correctional Institution on Christmas morning. According to the Ohio Department of ...