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New ‘Freedom Libraries’ bring literature and hope to Ohio prisonsTwo Ohio correctional institutions are bringing in hundreds of new books for incarcerated residents.
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The Frederick Douglass Project for Justice brings those inside and outside of prisons together to build community and break stereotypes.
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The ensemble and nonprofit Renovare brings classical music to places you might not normally find it, forging relationships and fostering music appreciation.
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In Ideastream’s “Sound of Us” poetic reentry series, Cardell Belfoure talks with Ohioans who are making a difference in their communities after leaving prison. He guides them in writing poetry about their reentry experiences.
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The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization, will bring local criminal justice reporting into 44 correctional institutions across the state.
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The Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project brings free college courses into Ohio’s prisons, to the benefit of students on campus and behind bars.
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Seventeen people have been tested for coronavirus in five Ohio prisons – 13 results were negative and the rest are pending, and those inmates are in…
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An office that inspects and reports on conditions, trends and violence in Ohio’s 27 adult prisons and three juvenile facilities is down to one staffer,…
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The head of Ohio’s government watchdog agency has found what he’s calling “rampant fraud, waste and abuse” in the inmate vocational training program that…
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Ohio has more execution dates set than any other state. And a new report from Harvard Law School shows most of those condemned inmates have serious mental…