A Rikers Island correction officer who was being sexually assaulted by a convicted sex criminal was rescued by inmates after they broke the Plexiglas blocking the…

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  Operators of a low-level corrections facility in northwestern Ohio are making security changes after an inmate escaped recently. The director of the NorthWest Community…

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Authorities say a man who escaped from a low-level corrections facility near Toledo Wednesday is back in custody. The Bowling Green Police Department confirmed 24-year-old…

  COLUMBUS, OH (WOIO) – Federal Judge Gregory Frost has ordered a temporary halt to Ohio executions. Judge Frost issued the order Wednesday afternoon. This…

MANSFIELD, Ohio – Mark Cooper wasn’t worried one bit about his safety Thursday when he decided to tackle an escaped Mansfield prisoner inside of a…

MANSFIELD, Ohio – An escaped inmate from the Mansfield Correctional Institution has been captured in Ashland. Pete Elliott with the U.S. Marshals Office confirmed to…

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  Officials say 47-year-old James David Myers escaped from Mansfield Correctional Institution Wednesday night. He was last accounted for during the 9 p.m. head count. Myers,…

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Prison inmate Robert Wolford plead guilty Tuesday in connection with lying about whereabouts of Amanda Berry. Wolford claimed he had information…

A corrections officer finds himself on the other side of the law. James Bell is charged with raping an male inmate. We have an exclusive interview with the alleged victim, as 19 Action News digs deeper into the case.  We were the first to report this when it happened back in March, but it would take nearly […]