Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 130 – 127th General Assembly Courts shall impose sentences to a state correctional institution for felonies pursuant to sections 2929.13 and 2929.14 of the Revised Code. All prison terms may be ended in the manner provided by law, but no prison term shall exceed the maximum term […]
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, subject to the approval of the governor, shall make any rules for the government of prisoners that tend to promote their reformation, or be necessary for the purpose of sections 5145.01 to 5145.27 of the […]
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction shall maintain the control over prisoners committed to its custody that prevents them from committing crime, secure their self-support, and accomplish their reformation. When a prisoner is received into a state correctional institution upon direct sentence […]
Effective: April 9, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 654 – 113th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction, upon the register required to be maintained by section 5145.04 of the Revised Code, shall enter notes of observed improvement or deterioration of character of the prisoner, the method of treatment employed for the prisoner, orders […]
Effective: March 31, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 510 – 124th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish and operate a school system that is approved and chartered by the department of education and designated as the Ohio central school system to serve all of the correctional institutions under its control. […]
Effective: July 12, 1972 Latest Legislation: House Bill 494 – 109th General Assembly The superintendent of the elementary day school for uneducated prisoners in the penitentiary shall make monthly reports to the department of rehabilitation and correction with respect to the management and progress of the school and as to all matters under his supervision.
Effective: April 9, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 654 – 113th General Assembly Labor or service shall not be performed by a prisoner within a correctional institution, unless the labor or service is expressly authorized by rules adopted by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised […]
Effective: April 9, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 654 – 113th General Assembly The department of rehabilitation and correction may, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, employ a portion of the prisoners in the manufacture of articles that are used by the state, any other […]
Effective: March 17, 1998 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 111 – 122nd General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish work programs in some form of labor for as many prisoners as possible who are in the custody of the department, except those prisoners who are not able to perform labor because of […]
Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 115 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The program for the employment of prisoners within the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction that the department is required to establish by division (A) of section 5145.16 of the Revised Code shall be administered in accordance with any […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the office of enterprise development advisory board to advise and assist the department of rehabilitation and correction with the creation of training programs and jobs for inmates and releasees through partnerships with private sector businesses. The board […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 130 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Customer model enterprise” means an enterprise conducted under a federal prison industries enhancement certification program in which a private party participates in the enterprise only as a purchaser of goods and services. (2) “Employer model […]
Effective: July 1, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 171 – 117th General Assembly (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may make contracts for the sale of roadmaking materials prepared by prisoners pursuant to section 5145.15 of the Revised Code with any department, public institution, or subdivision of the state or with any person and […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Any printing or binding performed in a state correctional institution may be performed for the use of the institution, the departments of mental health and addiction services, developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation and correction, the department of public safety in connection with the […]
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly The warden of a state correctional institution shall arrest and again commit to the institution a convict who escapes from the institution and is found at large, whether the term for which he was sentenced to imprisonment has expired. Last updated October […]
Effective: July 20, 1988 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 117th General Assembly (A) The chief physician shall keep a correct record of vital statistics of the penitentiary, containing the name, nationality or race, weight, stature, former occupation, and family history of each prisoner, a statement of the condition of the heart, lungs, and other […]
Effective: March 17, 1998 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 111 – 122nd General Assembly (A) The director of rehabilitation and correction may grant an administrative release, as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code, to a prisoner who escaped from a state correctional institution and whose whereabouts are unknown when both of the following apply: […]
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly No officer of employee of a state correctional institution, contractor, or the employee of such contractor, shall make a present to, receive a present from, or have barter or dealings with a convict. An officer shall not receive compensation for his services […]
Effective: October 6, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 571 – 120th General Assembly With the approval of the director of rehabilitation and correction, convicts in state correctional institutions may voluntarily participate, as research subjects, in medical research programs approved by the director. Any remuneration received from a researcher for participation by convict volunteer research subjects […]
Effective: June 30, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 283 – 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) Free weight exercise equipment means any equipment or device that is designed to increase the muscle mass and physical strength of the person using it. Free weight exercise equipment includes, but is not limited to, […]
