Intended to curb prison violence with promises of early release, the law is turning out as unbalanced as critics feared, with ...

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced James “Jay” Forshey, warden at Noble Correctional Institution, ...

ODRC Director Annette Chambers-Smith said on Dec. 27 that Lansing, a father and husband, had volunteered to work overtime on Christmas. “All he was trying to do was his job, and he was doing it ...

And that’s not because people are committing more crimes. With recidivism rates at a 30-year low, prisons Director Annette Chambers-Smith told lawmakers last month that the uptick is due, in part, to ...

April is Second Chance Month, and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Matt Damschroder, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation ...

Governor Jim Tressel, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Matt Damschroder, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) Director Annette Chambers-Smith ...

“DRC has the workforce that Ohio needs,” said DRC Director Annette Chambers-Smith. “Around 18,000 people leave our institutions every year, and we know that employment is a determinant of their future ...