The family of a man who died in the Franklin County jail in 2022 while he was supposed to be under medical supervision has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county in federal court. Thomas D.

A Franklin County Sheriff's deputy resigned after being made aware of an internal investigation launched against him in January. The deputy was accused of sexual assault by a female jail inmate. A ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputy was indicted on three charges for allegedly violating an inmate's civil rights which led to them being attacked two years ago. United ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — It’s been a long road. One that Reatha Freeman has traveled the last 366 days. “It’s been very painful,” she said. “Very hurtful.” Freeman stands outside the Jackson Pike Jail, ...

Emaleigh Smith, a Franklin County jailer, was arrested for supplying an inmate with alcohol, nicotine, and THC edibles. Smith faces charges including providing prohibited items to inmates and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The fourth and final inmate who escaped a minimum security correctional facility in Franklin County nearly three months ago is back in custody. According to the U.S. Marshals Service, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A days-long manhunt for an inmate who had escaped a work detail in Franklin County has come to an end. “This is our man we’ve been looking for so everybody can rest easy in ...

Inmates at the Franklin County jail are routinely subjected to inhumane and barbaric practices, according to a lawsuit filed by a Seattle-based legal-aid organization. Mentally ill inmates are chained ...

A Franklin County Sheriff's deputy resigned in January after an adult female inmate alleged that he sexually assaulted her, prompting an internal investigation. Andrew Litteral, 39, a deputy sheriff ...