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Section 753.02 | Sustaining Persons Sentenced to or Confined in Prison.

Effective: January 1, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 490 – 124th General Assembly (A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall provide by ordinance for sustaining all persons sentenced to or confined in a prison or station house at the expense of the municipal corporation, and in counties where prisons or station houses are […]

Section 753.021 | Submitting Health Insurance Claims for Prison Inmates.

Effective: October 16, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 163 – 121st General Assembly (A) For each person who is confined in a prison or station house as provided in section 753.02 of the Revised Code or in a county jail as provided in section 1905.35 of the Revised Code, the municipal corporation may make a […]

Section 753.03 | Disposition of Prisoners Sentenced for Misdemeanors.

Effective: September 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 117 – 121st General Assembly A municipal legislative authority may, by ordinance, provide for the keeping of persons convicted and sentenced for misdemeanors, during the term of their imprisonment, at such place as the legislative authority determines, provided that the place selected is in substantial compliance with […]

Section 753.04 | Commitment to Workhouse.

Effective: January 1, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 490 – 124th General Assembly (A) When a person over sixteen years of age is convicted of an offense under the law of this state or an ordinance of a municipal corporation, and the tribunal before which the conviction is had is authorized by law to commit […]

Section 753.041 | Submitting Health Insurance Claims for Workhouse Inmates.

Effective: October 16, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 163 – 121st General Assembly (A) For each person who is confined in a workhouse as provided in section 753.04 of the Revised Code, the municipal corporation or the township, as the case may be, may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under […]

Section 753.05 | Employment of Prisoners.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A person sentenced under section 753.04 of the Revised Code shall be received into the workhouse, and shall be kept and confined at labor therein, or if such labor cannot be furnished he may be employed at labor elsewhere when such employment […]

Section 753.06 | Qualified Immunity for Injuries to Work Detail Prisoners.

Effective: March 31, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 316 – 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Municipal correctional facility” has the same meaning as in section 753.32 of the Revised Code. (2) “Municipal correctional officer” has the same meaning as in section 753.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If all the […]

Section 753.08 | Prompt Commitment – Fees.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The officer having the execution of the final sentence of a court, magistrate, or mayor shall cause the convicted person to be conveyed to the workhouse as soon as practicable after the sentence is pronounced, and all officers shall be paid the […]

Section 753.09 | Discharge.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public safety may discharge, for good and sufficient cause, a person committed to the workhouse. A record of all such discharges shall be kept and reported to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in the annual report of […]

Section 753.10 | Parole of Inmates.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public safety may establish rules and regulations under which, and specify the conditions on which, a prisoner may be allowed to go upon parole outside of the buildings and enclosures of the workhouse. While on parole such person shall […]

Section 753.11 | Violation of Parole.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The director of public safety may employ or authorize any person to see that the conditions of a parole are not violated, and in case of violation to return to the workhouse any prisoner so violating his parole. The time between the […]

Section 753.13 | Joint Municipal and County Workhouse.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may unite with any municipal corporation located in the county in the acquisition or erection, management, and maintenance of a workhouse for the joint use of such county and municipal corporation, upon such terms as they may […]

Section 753.14 | Withdrawal From Support and Maintenance of Joint Workhouse.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In any county in which, prior to May 20, 1920, there has been constructed and maintained a joint municipal and county workhouse, either the municipal corporation or the county may withdraw therefrom, may decline to further participate in the expense of maintaining […]

Section 753.15 | Workhouses – Management by Joint Board – Privatization.

Effective: September 28, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 509 – 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, in a city, a workhouse erected for the joint use of the city and the county in which such city is located shall be managed and controlled by a joint board composed […]

Section 753.161 | Receiving Prisoners From Out of County or From State.

Effective: October 16, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 163 – 121st General Assembly (A) For each person who is confined in a workhouse as provided in section 753.16 of the Revised Code, the county, municipal corporation, or district, as the case may be, may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under […]

Section 753.17 | Officers to Have Police Powers.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The superintendent, assistant superintendent, and each guard of a workhouse shall have such powers of policemen as are necessary for the proper performance of the duties of their positions.

Section 753.18 | Religious Services in City Jail or Workhouse.

Effective: July 6, 1982 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 23 – 114th General Assembly Each administrative board or other authority in the state having charge or control of a city jail or workhouse shall provide for holding religious services therein each week, and may employ a clergyman or religious organization to conduct such services. Any expense […]

Section 753.21 | Minimum Security Jails.

Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “building or structure” includes, but is not limited to, a modular unit, building, or structure and a movable unit, building, or structure. (B)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance, may dedicate and permit […]