In November 2024, the former DYS director told News 5 that scaling down facilities was the first of 26 recommendations to improve safety and outcomes in the state’s juvenile justice system.“It’s ...

ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — In a drug bust on January 5th, local law enforcement apprehended a suspect and seized a variety of ...

Ohio Department of Youth Services is building four new juvenile justice centers in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties.

Construction will start in the spring on new, smaller youth prisons, Ohio officials said. It's part of a plan to incarcerate ...

Five people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a West Portsmouth apartment complex. Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman said the 911 communication center ...

Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman this week announced the arrests of five individuals following a reported shooting in West Portsmouth. According to Thoroughman, the 911 communication center ...

SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - Five people have been arrested following a shooting incident in West Portsmouth, Ohio. According ...

A Christmas Day attack claimed the life of corrections officer Andrew Lansing at the Ross County Correctional Institution in ...

His name was included in a court complaint filed Friday in Mahoning County Juvenile Court ... He remains in the custody of the Juvenile Justice Center, according to Juvenile Court Administrator ...

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Thompson, with a criminal record dating back to 2002, was in the Ellis County Detention Center on multiple charges of assaulting a public servant and evading arrest. Norman said he believes ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is now less than two weeks away from turning over the reins of the county’s youth detention center to Juvenile Court. That has youth ...