COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio officials on Monday authorized $130 million in spending to begin constructing smaller, more therapeutic youth prisons in Bedford and Grafton, the first major step in replacing ...

In monthly reports, Dept. of Juvenile Justice facilities say they struggle with inadequate staffing, costly overtime and ...

The Ohio Department of Youth Services says the victim remains hospitalized. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is leading the criminal investigation into the incident.

Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility was hit with a workers' compensation appeal on Nov. 6 in Ohio Court of Common Pleas for Stark County. The appeal, filed by Nager, Romaine & Schneiberg on ...

A federal judge formally ends court ordered monitoring of conditions at Wisconsin’s juvenile prisons in Lincoln County. Governor Tony Evers had announced earlier this week that a request to end the ...