On May 8, 1966, Franklin County jail inmates revolted against the conditions in the jail. Called the “Mother’s Day Riot” in The Columbus Dispatch, inmates smashed about fifty windows, ripped out two ...

Inside Franklin County's James A. Karnes Corrections Center on Columbus' West Side, 35 men, all veterans of the U.S. military, sat at tables while a county sheriff's deputy told them about their ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A second inmate who escaped from a minimum security facility in Franklin County has been arrested. Michael Norton, 31, was taken into custody on Friday and faces a felony ...

Court records said Charles Fleming is accused of using an 8-inch shank to stab Tayeshawn Gavin, who is accused of killing Fleming's brother.

Franklin County commissioners took the community by surprise last week when they made a sudden move to take control of the county’s jail and courthouse security. The decision was met with pushback ...