Ohio moves to increase penalties for inmates who assault or kill prison workers

Months after the brutal beating death of a prison officer, lawmakers vote for stricter penalties for inmates who assault or ...
USA Today

Double execution: Florida, Missouri execute inmates for killings of 2 women, trooper

Two inmates have been executed an hour apart during what's expected to be the single busiest month for the death penalty in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers on Tuesday ...
West Virginia MetroNews

Fourth female inmate claims to have been sexually assaulted in custody

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A fourth victim has come forward claiming to have been sexually assaulted by a now dismissed Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputy inside the Kanawha County Judicial Annex. Charleston ...
Columbus Dispatch

Imprisoned Ohio women are being coerced in exchange for menstrual products | Letters

Ohio is one of 31 states that does not legally guarantee menstrual products for people in correctional facilities. While the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction adopted a policy in 2022 ...
WCJB

Female inmate dies at Columbia County Jail, marking second death at jail in three days

LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - Columbia County sheriff’s officials say an inmate died in the jail on Sunday afternoon. They say a woman was found unresponsive in her bed around 5 p.m. She was pronounced ...
KTLA

O.C. deputy out on bond after alleged sexual assault of female inmate

A 29-year-old Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy is out on bond after being arrested for reportedly sexually assaulting a female inmate earlier this year, officials announced Thursday. In a news release, ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Inmate wins $404,000 award in civil rights case against Ohio prison officers

A jury in a federal civil rights case awarded $404,000 to Tommy Meadows after state prison staff took him to the floor, pepper sprayed him while handcuffed in a strip cell and put him in solitary ...