Prisoners — and even some workers — said staff are the most obvious and overlooked source of the smuggling inside Ohio ...

A pilot program launching at Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Ohio brings iPad-based technical education to ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Before the Snow Warriors hit the road to lay salt or plow snow, a unique operation works to clear a path focused on public safety and purpose. Since 1968, Ohio Penal Industries ...

How one man used drones to flood Ohio prisons with illicit drugs and cell phones ...

CHILLICOTHE — Since 1968, Ohio Penal Industries and the Ohio Department of Transportation have partnered to produce trucks that keep Ohio’s roads safe, with 175 incarcerated workers assembling plow ...

COLUMBUS — The wife of a prison guard who was killed on Christmas Day 2024 at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe has filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Court of Claims seeking punitive damages ...

CHILLICOTHE — Before snow plows hit the roads for the winter season, a unique operation works behind the scenes to clear a path focused on public safety. Inside the Chillicothe Correctional Institute, ...

On Christmas Day last year, Andrew Lansing, an officer at Chillicothe’s Ross Correctional Institution, was assaulted and killed by inmate Rashawn Cannon. Now, Andy’s Law, a bill under consideration at ...

“Big Tony” Colusi, 26, of Columbus, lay bleeding on the floor of the prison dormitory. A paring knife covered in blood lay on the floor next to him. Minutes earlier, the inmate had been eating his ...