The state prison system adopted tighter restrictions for legal mail in 2021 to keep out paper dipped in hard-to-detect synthetic drugs. Drug seizures traced to legal mail — a tiny fraction of drug ...

A registered sex offender who broke into a house in March and reportedly performed a sex act on himself while standing over two people as they slept is headed to prison.

Under the old policy, which larger prison systems in California and Texas also use, legal mail only needed the valid return address of a law office or court. In the early days of Ohio’s new policy, ...

While visiting the Lebanon prison, attorney Angela S. Larsen, a lead attorney on the Ohio Justice & Policy Center lawsuit, said the prison staff told her to give the warden copies of papers her ...

Lindsey Watzek was behind bars a few years ago in the midst of battling substance abuse. Now she's a production lead at JBM ...

Grand juries, which meet in secret, review criminal charges brought by police and prosecutors and investigate possible criminal behavior. The proceedings are usually one-sided because the accused is ...

The 7/7 bombers left behind a network of fanatics who inspired, assisted and defended them - but where are those fanatics now ...

Fourth of July fireworks showcased enhanced security measures with drones, mounted police, and a visible officer presence ...

The line that everyone in prison is innocent — or at least claims to be — is often bandied about by law enforcement personnel. According to Marcus Beach, however, studies have found that about 3 ...

TPS allows people already in the United States to stay and work legally if their homelands are deemed unsafe. Immigrants from ...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, author and thinker, has become best known for her outspoken views on Islam, women’s rights and the societal consequences of secularism and her ...

Golriz Ghahraman on the trauma and online attacks that broke her down, the mistakes she made, and the work she’s done — ...