Effective: March 31, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 510 – 124th General Assembly The director of rehabilitation and correction is the executive head of the department of rehabilitation and correction. All duties conferred on the various divisions and institutions of the department by law or by order of the director shall be performed under the […]
Effective: October 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 455 – 121st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee,” “inmate,” “political subdivision,” and “employee” have the same meanings as in section 2969.21 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction may adopt […]
Effective: July 1, 1972 Latest Legislation: House Bill 494 – 109th General Assembly The assistant director of the department of rehabilitation and correction is hereby excepted from section 121.05 of the Revised Code. The assistant director shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of correction may order and shall act as […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The provisions of Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code, as they existed prior to July 1, 1996, and that address the duration or potential duration of incarceration or parole or other forms of supervised release, apply to all persons upon whom […]
Effective: March 29, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 699 – 126th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (C) of this section, the director of rehabilitation and correction may change the purpose for which any institution or place under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction is being used. The director may designate a […]
Effective: September 14, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 113 – 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Certificate of high school equivalence” means e ither: ( a) A statement that is issued by the d epartment of education that indicates that its holder has achieved the equivalent of a high school education […]
Effective: October 16, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 128th General Assembly (A) No later than January 1, 1998, the department of rehabilitation and correction may develop and implement intensive program prisons for male and female prisoners other than prisoners described in division (B)(2) of this section. The intensive program prisons, if developed and […]
Effective: October 16, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 128th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “third degree felony OVI offense” and “fourth degree felony OVI offense” have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Within eighteen months after October 17, 1996, the department of rehabilitation and […]
Effective: June 25, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 113 – 127th General Assembly (A)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall permit representatives of all nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that are registered with the department to enter institutions under the control of the department for the purpose of providing reentry […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Community treatment provider” means a program that provides substance use disorder assessment and treatment for persons and that satisfies all of the following: (a) It is located outside of a state correctional institution. (b) It […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide risk reduction programming and treatment for inmates whom a court under section 2929.143 of the Revised Code recommends serve a risk reduction sentence and who meet the eligibility criteria described in division (B) […]
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) Not later than June 30, 2016, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall study the feasibility of converting an existing state correctional facility, another existing facility controlled by the department, an existing facility owned by the state or a political subdivision […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “GPS-monitored offender” means an offender who, on or after the effective date of this section, is released from confinement in a state correctional institution under a conditional pardon, parole, other form of authorized release, or transitional […]
Effective: April 9, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 654 – 113th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction, with the approval of the governor and in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, may assign prisoners who are committed or transferred to institutions under the administration […]
Effective: March 17, 1998 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 111 – 122nd General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction may maintain, operate, manage, and govern all state institutions for the custody, control, training, and rehabilitation of persons convicted of crime and sentenced to correctional institutions. The department may designate correctional institutions by appropriate respective names. […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide for the needs of mentally ill persons and persons with intellectual disabilities who are incarcerated in state correctional institutions. The department may designate an institution or a unit within an institution for the custody, […]
Effective: March 17, 1998 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 111 – 122nd General Assembly (A) The following divisions are hereby established in the department of rehabilitation and correction: (1) The division of business administration; (2) The division of parole and community services. (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction may establish offices, divisions in addition to […]
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 231 – 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the ex-offender reentry coalition consisting of the following twenty-one members or their designees: (1) The director of rehabilitation and correction; (2) The director of aging; (3) The director of mental health and addiction services; (4) The director […]
Effective: July 12, 1972 Latest Legislation: House Bill 494 – 109th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction shall require any of its employees and each officer and employee of every institution under its control who may be charged with custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state or who […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Under the supervision and control of the director of rehabilitation and correction, the division of business administration shall do all of the following: (A) Submit the budgets for the several divisions of the department of rehabilitation and correction, as prepared by the […]
