/tags/annette-chambers-smith Annette Chambers-Smith en-US Copyright Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:59:59 GMT /news/2022-01-13/rollout-of-body-cameras-for-ohio-prison-and-parole-staff-begins The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is moving forward with its plan to install more than 5,000 body-worn cameras inside all of the prisons and adult parole facilities. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:59:59 GMT /news/2022-01-13/rollout-of-body-cameras-for-ohio-prison-and-parole-staff-begins Debbie Holmes /news/2021-07-21/prison-workers-face-discipline-in-inmates-death-at-orient-facility Ten prison workers have been named as involved in the February beating and death of a Columbus man who’d arrived at a Pickaway County correctional facility just two weeks earlier to start his sentence for a stabbing. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:48:05 GMT /news/2021-07-21/prison-workers-face-discipline-in-inmates-death-at-orient-facility Karen Kasler /news/2021-02-19/aclu-ohio-legislature-still-proposing-too-many-crime-bills A report from the ACLU of Ohio finds that nearly one of every 10 bills introduced by Ohio lawmakers during the last legislative session were criminal… Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:46:09 GMT /news/2021-02-19/aclu-ohio-legislature-still-proposing-too-many-crime-bills Associated Press /ideastream/2020-12-29/ohio-begins-vaccinating-some-prison-inmates-and-staff Ohio’s prison authority is vaccinating inmates and staff against the coronavirus at three detention facilities starting this week, but vaccines are limited to inmates under medical care. According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, vaccinations will be available to 593 inmates and 456 staff members. The shipments began arriving Monday. Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:50:59 GMT /ideastream/2020-12-29/ohio-begins-vaccinating-some-prison-inmates-and-staff Matthew Richmond /news/2020-12-14/ohio-prison-director-wants-inmates-in-next-round-of-covid-19-vaccines When Ohio gets its first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine, medical professionals, residents and staff at long-term care facilities and EMS workers will… Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:19:43 GMT /news/2020-12-14/ohio-prison-director-wants-inmates-in-next-round-of-covid-19-vaccines Karen Kasler /news/2020-08-21/why-did-77-ohio-inmates-die-of-covid-19-but-just-10-pennsylvania-inmates For the first two months after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., Ohio’s response set an example. Thanks to an early shutdown order, the state’s… Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:59:39 GMT /news/2020-08-21/why-did-77-ohio-inmates-die-of-covid-19-but-just-10-pennsylvania-inmates Cid Standifer /news/2020-07-28/coronavirus-in-ohio-prisons-director-tests-positive-for-covid-19 The director of Ohio's prison system has announced that she has tested positive for the coronavirus.Annette Chambers-Smith is head of the Ohio Department… Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:44:25 GMT /news/2020-07-28/coronavirus-in-ohio-prisons-director-tests-positive-for-covid-19 Associated Press /wvxu-stories/2020-04-30/ohio-corrections-director-outlines-how-prisons-are-coping-in-this-pandemic Gov. Mike DeWine used his Thursday briefing on coronavirus in Ohio to provide some insight into what the state's prisons are doing to battle the... Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:30:40 GMT /wvxu-stories/2020-04-30/ohio-corrections-director-outlines-how-prisons-are-coping-in-this-pandemic Jennifer Merritt /news/2020-04-20/coronavirus-in-ohio-cases-top-11-000-fueled-by-mass-testing-at-prisons Widespread coronavirus testing in Ohio prisons fueled a weekend surge in cases, which researchers say could represent the peak of the pandemic in Ohio.… Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:44:18 GMT /news/2020-04-20/coronavirus-in-ohio-cases-top-11-000-fueled-by-mass-testing-at-prisons Karen Kasler /news/2020-04-20/inmates-fear-spread-of-covid-19-at-ohio-prison-hospital-we-cant-escape-it Inmates sitting in soiled diapers or beds for hours. Feces in the showers. Urine caked on beds.These are just some of the conditions reported by inmates… Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news/2020-04-20/inmates-fear-spread-of-covid-19-at-ohio-prison-hospital-we-cant-escape-it Paige Pfleger