LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio — A Lorain County Sheriff’s Deputy was placed on leave for allegedly paralyzing an inmate ... the past that there has been a long-standing culture of abuse at the jail.

She served as assistant evidence custodian, searched female inmates and filled in as a cook in the 1980s when the jail kitchen was short-staffed ...

Deaths in the custody of county ... Inside Ohio's jails, why have 220 inmates died in 4 years? In 2017, Texas passed the Sandra Bland Act that requires independent investigation of jail deaths ...

For more than a year, a pastor who opened his church around the clock to shelter and give hope to homeless people has been at ...

The races to fill the U.S. House seats of former Reps. Mike Waltz and Matt Gaetz begin Tuesday with primaries in reliably ...

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The jail, which opened in 2021, has an average daily population of 218 inmates ... to county sheriffs to declare snow emergencies. There are three levels of snow emergency in Ohio: LEVEL 1 ...

No one knows how many violent crimes these released inmates commit without ever ... Greenleaf, a Republican from rural Montgomery County, is now the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee ...

Despite promises of transparency and a pledge to reform the troubled jail, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne’s staff delayed releasing public records of two men whose deaths formed the ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio will sell a state-owned former correctional facility to Hocking County ... jail. Commissioner Michael Linton said the top two floors will house female inmates ...

One of two men accused of forging checks and stealing thousands of dollars from two older adults in Montgomery County has ...

KALIHI VALLEY, Hawaii (KHON2) — John Mizuno was appointed as the state’s homelessness coordinator in January 2024 and said he ...