NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Inmates in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail (SEORJ) are jumping off a balcony in order to get sent to the hospital where they can walk free, says a city manager.

Currently, the regional jail is the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, which serves five southeastern Ohio counties, including Hocking. Commissioners said the region is in need of another facility.

ATHENS COUNTY, OH (WSAZ) - Major cleanup is underway but operations are normal after what officials call a “mass inmate disturbance” Thursday at Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail. According to ...

ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) – More details have been released about a mass disturbance that happened Thursday at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail in Nelsonville. According to jail officials ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — A mass disturbance was reported Thursday at the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail Thursday, according to the City of Nelsonville. There was no danger to the public and the ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — The warden at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail received a raise, a five-year contract and extra vacation when his contract was renewed, according to documents ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio -- An inmate being held at Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail on an abduction charge has been found dead in a jail restroom in an apparent suicide. Lt. James Eddy says 18-year-old ...

White was jailed at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, which is used by Hocking, Morgan, Vinton, Perry and Adams counties. He has sued commissioners from those counties and the jail’s warden.

Those sanctions required the felons to reimburse the county for their time in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, the multicounty jail in Nelsonville. Blackburn said he expects to collect about $ ...

said public safety forces are working with staff at the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail to quell a “mass inmate disturbance” at the facility. The disturbance is contained to the facility and is ...