Nearly a century ago, the deadliest prison fire in U.S. history unfolded in Columbus on the site where the Arena District was ...

K2 is able to be dissolved and dried onto paper that is smuggled and smoked in Ohio correctional institutions. Several Ohio ...

A yearlong investigation found K2-laced “paper hits” driving violence and deaths — while smuggling persists despite costly security upgrades.

A hidden camera finally installed in August captured the teacher — who had previously served time for trafficking — passing drugs across his desk, shaking his genitals at students and rubbing up ...

Two women have died at the Dayton Correctional Institution in the past 10 months as the state women’s prison has struggled ...

The Ohio legislature is currently vetting a sweeping prison reform bill that sponsors say will make it easier to staff Ohio’s ...

Under the cover of darkness, Cory Sutphin piloted his drone directly to an open prison cell window, where a hand grabbed the payload: drugs, cell phones and other contraband. For months, Sutphin ...

Conducting rounds should be done in person, not via video cameras, state inspectors told youth prison managers.

An Ohio corrections officer says nothing will change at a facility where violent teens are serving time until those teens are ...

Drug-soaked paper, known as K2, is now the most common drug found in Ohio prisons. Fatal overdoses from K2 are rising, but the state likely undercounts them due to detection difficulties. Despite ...