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 ...

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 ...

Legend and his brother Koda have joined six other four-legged members of the crisis K-9 law enforcement team, expanding the ...

Franklin County has opened the second phase of its new, state-of-the-art jail, which inmates say is much better than the old jails. The modern jail offers more services and includes specialized units ...