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 ...

Franklin County has a new, modern jail that is 'night and day' better. Building it out so another older jail can be shuttered ...

It’s becoming increasingly common in Washington for counties to take over operating their jails and leaving law enforcement duties to the elected sheriffs. Most of the counties in the Tri-Cities area ...

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 ...

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 ...