The Ohio Reformatory in Mansfield, best known as the location of the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption," has its own story ...
The Ohio State Reformatory is known as a historic prison, but it’s also home to some of the greatest movies ever made and, over the years, has become a popular haunted attraction.
Halloween thrill seekers have until Nov. 2 to enter Blood Prison after dark for a harrowing walk through the haunted former Ohio State Reformatory. Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 2, ...
The Ohio Controlling Board approved the release Monday of $4.25 million to replace six elevators at the Ohio State Penitentiary’s supermax prison in Youngstown. Funds have been earmarked for the 2026 ...
Ohio inmate Tommy Meadows won a $404,000 jury award in a civil rights lawsuit. Meadows was pepper sprayed and put into ...
A proposal to ban state agencies from buying United States and Ohio flags that weren’t made in the U.S. could expand ...
An Ohio bill named after a corrections officer who was killed by an inmate on Christmas morning seeks to increase the penalties for incarcerated people who harm prison employees.
Reporter Laura Bischoff covered a trial in Pickaway County Common Pleas Court. Susan and Adam Withers, a mother and son, were ...