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The escape was at least the fifth of the year from the troubled youth lockup, underscoring the chronic staffing woes that have endangered both COs and inmates

A prison official said about 100 inmates were involved in the uprising

Authorities are searching for evidence in a very nontraditional place — an inmate’s poop

Attorneys for Robert Van Hook are criticizing Gov. John Kasich’s decision to deny clemency ahead of the inmate’s execution

The DOC hopes to hire and retain more COs with a pay boost for those working in the state’s toughest prisons, which have less than half the staff they need

The raise is the largest one year wage increase for correctional officers in the state since the recession

Attorneys for 66-year-old Danny Paul Bible say his health problems make him unsuitable for lethal injection

Attorneys for Brendan Dassey said the inmate is borderline intellectually disabled and was pressured into a false confession

Retention remains an issue. Many candidates are fearful of prisons, and most of the state’s prisons are in rural areas

The move comes weeks after officials tossed more than 500 inmate disciplinary cases tied to quotas