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When Cardell Belfoure was imprisoned at Grafton Correctional Institute in northeast Ohio, poetry was his refuge. Now that he has reentered society, he’s using his literary talent to center the stories of other formerly incarcerated people.

Nearly 3,000 young people are incarcerated in adult prisons across the country, and a new study has found their lives could be cut short as a result.

The study, co-authored by a University of Cincinnati researcher, found young people who spent time in prisons for adults had a 33% greater risk of dying before the age of 39.

Still, the ACLU of Ohio's fourth "Statehouse-to-Prison-Pipeline" report shows lawmakers are passing fewer bills that lead to more incarceration.

Taxing incarcerated individuals would give them access to social safety net benefits.

It's no surprise the person running Ohio prisons — Annette Chambers-Smith, a former tech executive — would upgrade technology for security, health and education in her role as director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

Charles Crawford is 70 years old. In 1988 he was sentenced to a prison term of 12 to 80 years. “They’re not going to let me go. I don’t feel that they are,” said Crawford, on the phone from Mansfield Correctional Institution. Sindrick Tucker is 59. Back in 1984 he was sentenced to 28 to 75 years. “I done been in front of them five or six times,” Tucker said, referring to the Ohio Parole Board. “Every time they ask me to do something, I do it. But then when I go up to see them, they come up with another excuse.”

For over 460 days, as the pandemic shut down visitation across the state, incarcerated people and their loved ones relied on the prison system’s costly phone calls and emails. The Kentucky Department of Corrections and Securus Technologies reaped big rewards.

As COVID-19 cases continue to pop up across Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union wants to make sure inmates in county jails aren't subjected to…

Gov. Eric Holcomb often brags about the Indiana Women’s Prison. Last year, Holcomb showed the prison off to Ivanka Trump. He’s mentioned the prison in...