Ronette Burkes

Connecting Prison Inmates With Families

By All Sides Staff • Feb 22, 2021
Looking out from the Tapestry Unit onto a courtyard at the Ohio Reformatory For Women.
Gabe Rosenberg / WOSU

Nearly 2.7 million children in the U.S. have a parent behind bars. That’s one in every 28 children.

Drug Charges Fuel Ohio's Rapidly Growing Female Prison Population

By Paige Pfleger • May 30, 2019
Jamie Monghan is a prisoner at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. She lives in the Tapestry Unit for women in addiction recovery.
Gabe Rosenberg / WOSU

Heroin ran Stephanie Pollock's life. She woke up in the morning with heroin on her mind, her day revolved around it, and everything else – including her three kids and her own well-being – paled in comparison.

From Prison Volunteer To Ohio's Warden Of The Year

By Sam Hendren • Jan 18, 2017
State of Ohio

Ronette Burkes, head of the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, has been named Ohio's Warden of the Year. It's a long way from when Burkes started volunteering for the prison system nearly 20 years ago.