Richland Correctional Institution News

Christmas came early for two Richland County families Monday. Employees and inmates from the Richland Correctional Institution adopted the families based on recommendations from the Center for Individual and Family Services.

A city man involved in a counterfeit check scam that took the Richland County Jail commissary account for $13,000 in 2008 has lost a bid to appeal his conviction.

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The Richland Correctional Institution and Mansfield Correctional Institution both conducted an exercise this week as part of the institution's annual training and preparation for emergency situations.

A Richland Correctional Institution inmate has been indicted by the Richland County Grand Jury for smuggling illegal drugs into the prison.

MANSFIELD -- A man authorities said had a girlfriend and family members throw small bags of marijuana over a prison yard fence was indicted on felony charges Monday.

Jason Smith said alcohol had a complete hold on him. "Look where I'm at," he said.

There is not much Margaret Bradshaw hasn't done for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

MANSFIELD -- Mansfield native Alice Bond-Minor said she sometimes wonders what it would be like to still be playing keyboards on stage with a band.

The Richland Correctional Institution choir offered a powerful gospel performance of "We Fall Down." Mansfield Fire Department Chaplain Link Briggs Sr.

These people were sentenced recently in Richland County Common Pleas Court: Rondale L. Miller, 34, Richland Correctional Institution, five years in prison for aiding or abetting an illegal conveyance of a drug of abuse onto the grounds of a detention facility William S. Williams, 36, 673 Armstrong, Lot 46, a $1,000 fine for misdemeanor obstructing ...

MANSFIELD -- A Richland Correctional Institution inmate is accused of running a drug ring from inside the prison.

Inmate failed to escape RiCI An inmate at Richland Correctional Institution made an unsuccessful escape attempt Tuesday evening.

A prosecutor said a man sent to prison in connection with his 8-month-old son's brain injuries should not have been released.

The following people were sentenced recently in Richland County Common Pleas Court: James A. Haught, 23, 211 N. Main St., Apt.

The insurance carrier for a Leetonia church damaged by vandals in February 2008 filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the adult teen imprisoned for the crime.

MANSFIELD - Sidney Hardgrow is suing the owners of the former Melton's Ribs & Sports Bar, claiming they never closed on sale of the business to him, despite a written agreement.