Annette Chambers-Smith

DRC chief inspector Chris Lambert walked reporters through a video that is a compilation of the stationary cameras in the facility that held video of the incidents involving prisons workers and Michael McDaniel on February 6, 2021.

Changes In Ohio Prison System After Death Of Inmate In February

Karen Kasler

Ten prisons workers are named in an investigation into the beating and subsequent death of an inmate at the Correctional Reception Center in Pickaway…

A hallway at the Pickaway Correctional Institution in Orient. It was one of two national hotspots in the early part of the pandemic, with a huge percentage of inmates showing positive results for coronavirus after mass testing.

Government/Politics

Prisons Head: Staff And Inmates Should Be In Next Round Of Vaccines

Karen Kasler

When Ohio gets its first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine, medical professionals, residents and staff at long-term care facilities and EMS workers will…

Government/Politics

Ohio Prisons Director Tests Positive For COVID

Karen Kasler

A member of Gov. Mike DeWine’s cabinet has tested positive for COVID-19. And she heads an agency that’s been ravaged by the coronavirus.DeWine said the…

The Marion Correctional Institute, in a photo from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

Government/Politics

Ohio's COVID-19 Cases Top 11,000, Fueled By Mass Testing At Prisons

Karen Kasler

There were 11,292 cases of COVID-19 cases as of Sunday – and nearly a quarter of those are either inmates or staff at Ohio prisons. 2,400 inmates and 244…

Gov. Mike DeWine (center) speaks alongside members of the review group, including former prisons director Reginald Wilkinson (left) and current ODRC director Annette Chambers-Smith.

Government/Politics

Group Suggests Reducing Parole Officers' Caseloads, Longer Monitoring For High-Risk Former Inmates

Karen Kasler

A review of how former inmates are monitored after being released from Ohio’s prisons has resulted in 11 recommendations on better policies for…

Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at a Statehouse press conference in September.

Government/Politics

DeWine Orders Review Of Ohio's Parole Supervision System

Karen Kasler

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed an executive order to create a panel that will review Ohio’s parole system and how those who leave prison are supervised. The…

Southern Ohio Correctional Factility, Lucasville

Government/Politics

DRC Head Says Execution Protocol Won’t Be Rushed

Karen Kasler

Gov. Mike DeWine has put off all upcoming executions till a new lethal injection method is developed, which he has said will happen in the coming weeks.…