State watchdog finds abuse, corruption in Ohio prison program

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Free hotel. Free meals. Free table and chairs. And a prison program free from any oversight.That’s what Ohio’s inspector general discovered in a report released Thursday that details widespread mismanagement and abuse inside the Ohio Penal Industries.The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, which oversees OPI, also had its chief inspector involved in some of the investigations.Two employees were fired and third retired once investigators starting d