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Ohio Rev Code § 5139.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5139 | Youth Services|Section 5139.55 | Office of Victims' Services.

Effective: January 1, 2002|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly|(A)(1) The office of victims' services is hereby created within the release authority of the department of youth services. The office of victims' services shall provide assistance to victims, victims' representatives, and members of a victim's family. The assistance shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:(a) If the court has provided the name and address of the victims of the child's acts to the department of youth services, notification that the child has been committed to the department, notification of the right of the victim or another authorized person to designate a person as a victim's representative under section 5139.56 of the Revised Code and of the actions that must be taken to make that designation, and notification of the right to be notified of release reviews, pending release hearings, revocation reviews, and discharge reviews related to that child and of the right to participate in release proceedings under that section and of the actions that must be taken to exercise those rights;(b) The provision of information about the policies and procedures of the department of youth services and the status of children in the legal custody of the department.(2) The office shall make available information to assist victims of delinquent children on supervised release or in a secure facility.(B) The office of victims' services shall employ a victims administrator who shall administer the duties of the office. The victims administrator shall be in the unclassified civil service and a managing officer of the department. The office shall employ other staff members to assist the members of the release authority and hearing representatives in identifying victims' issues, ensure that the release authority upholds the provisions of section 5139.56 of the Revised Code, and make recommendations to the release authority in accordance with policies adopted by the department.(C) The office of victims' services shall coordinate its activities with the chairperson of the release authority. The victims administrator and other employees of the office shall have full access to the records of children in the legal custody of the department in accordance with division (D) of section 5139.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5139.86 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5139 | Youth Services|Section 5139.86 | Cafeteria Fund - Industrial and Entertainment Fund - Youth Benefit Fund - Employee Food Service Fund.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) Each managing officer of an institution or regional office under the jurisdiction of the department of youth services, with the approval of the director of the department, may establish local funds designated as follows:(1) The cafeteria fund, created and maintained for the benefit of the institution, into which shall be deposited all money received from the sale of cafeteria meals. The fund shall be used to pay costs of providing employee meals, and to reimburse the employee food service fund for amounts spent from that fund to support cafeteria operations. Reimbursements to the employee food service fund shall be made in such amounts and at such times as directed by the director of budget and management.(2) The industrial and entertainment fund, created and maintained for the benefit of the children confined in the institution or placed in the region. The fund shall receive profits from commissary sales, any vocational education programs provided under section 5139.131 of the Revised Code, vending machine leases, and yearbook sales; unclaimed youth benefit funds; any moneys received from commissions on telephone systems established for the use of confined children; any amounts transferred to the fund pursuant to division (A) or (B) of section 5139.85 of the Revised Code; and any donations designated for the benefit of confined children or children placed in the region. Expenditures from the industrial and entertainment fund shall be used solely for the benefit of the children confined in the institution or placed in the region.(3) The youth benefit fund, created and maintained for the benefit of the children who are confined in the institution or placed in the region. The fund may receive and disburse all benefits that are due a child, including, but not limited to, social security payments, railroad retirement payments, veterans administration payments, any allowances, and any monetary compensation of the child as provided in section 5139.07 of the Revised Code.(B) The managing officer of the institution or regional office, subject to the approval of the director of the department, shall establish policies and procedures for the operation of the cafeteria fund, industrial and entertainment fund, and youth benefit fund.(C) There is hereby created in the state treasury the employee food service fund, consisting of money received from institutional cafeterias and money received from the sale of surplus property. The fund shall be used to purchase food, supplies, and cafeteria equipment for the institutions.(D) As used in this section, "profits" means the revenue from the sale of commissary items over and above operating costs and a reserve established by the managing officer of the institution.
Ohio Rev Code § 5139.87 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5139 | Youth Services|Section 5139.87 | Federal Juvenile Justice Funds; Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Fund.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The department of youth services shall serve as the state agent for the administration of federal juvenile justice grants awarded to the state. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention fund. All federal grants and other moneys received for federal juvenile programs shall be deposited into the fund. All receipts deposited into the fund shall be used for federal juvenile programs. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The department of youth services shall maintain a financial activity report of each individual grant within the fund, including any expenses or revenues credited to those individual grants.
Ohio Rev Code § 5139.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5139 | Youth Services|Section 5139.99 | Penalty.

Effective: October 7, 1963|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 299 - 105th General Assembly|Whoever violates section 5139.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.01 | Length of Sentences.

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 provided for the felony of which the prisoner was convicted as extended pursuant to section 2929.141 or 2967.28 of the Revised Code. If a prisoner is sentenced for two or more separate felonies, the prisoner's term of imprisonment shall run as a concurrent sentence, except if the consecutive sentence provisions of sections 2929.14 and 2929.41 of the Revised Code apply. If sentenced consecutively, for the purposes of sections 5145.01 to 5145.27 of the Revised Code, the prisoner shall be held to be serving one continuous term of imprisonment.If a court imposes a sentence to a state correctional institution for a felony of the fourth or fifth degree, the department of rehabilitation and correction, notwithstanding the court's designation of a state correctional institution as the place of service of the sentence, may designate that the person sentenced is to be housed in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse if authorized pursuant to section 5120.161 of the Revised Code.If, through oversight or otherwise, a person is sentenced to a state correctional institution under a definite term for an offense for which a definite term of imprisonment is not provided by statute, the sentence shall not thereby become void, but the person shall be subject to the liabilities of such sections and receive the benefits thereof, as if the person had been sentenced in the manner required by this section.As used in this section, "prison term" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.04 | Maintaining Control of Prisoners - Daily Record of Conduct.

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 to the institution, the department shall enter in a register the date of the admission, the prisoner's name, age, nativity, nationality, and other facts as to parentage and early social influences that might indicate the constitutional and acquired defects and tendencies of the prisoner. Upon these entries in the register shall be based an estimate of the condition of the prisoner and the best probable plan of his treatment.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.05 | Contents of Daily Record of Conduct.

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 or alterations affecting his standing or situation, the prisoner's performance of labor while committed, and subsequent facts of personal history that may be officially brought to the knowledge of the department, bearing upon the propriety of the release or parole of the prisoner.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.06 | Ohio Central School System.

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. The Ohio central school system shall provide educational programs for prisoners to allow them to complete adult basic education courses, earn Ohio certificates of high school equivalence, or pursue vocational training. To that end, the department may employ appropriately certified teachers, administrators, and support staff. The department shall provide classrooms, shops, and other appropriate facilities and necessary furniture, books, stationery, supplies, and equipment.(B)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall require each prisoner who has not obtained a high school diploma to take courses leading toward an Ohio certificate of high school equivalence, an Ohio high school diploma pursuant to section 3313.61 of the Revised Code, or courses that provide vocational training. If a prisoner has obtained a high school diploma, the department shall encourage the prisoner to participate in a program of advanced studies or training for a skilled trade.(2) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules that prescribe disciplinary actions that the department may take if a prisoner refuses to participate in an educational program required under division (B)(1) of this section.(3) The failure of the department of rehabilitation and correction to provide, pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, an opportunity for any prisoner to participate in courses that lead toward an Ohio certificate of high school equivalence or an Ohio high school diploma, or that provide vocational training, does not give rise to a claim for damages against the department.(C) The department of rehabilitation and correction, for a clearly established medical, mental health, or security reason, may exclude certain prisoners from the requirement to take courses pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section. Any exclusion under this division shall be only for a clearly established medical, mental health, or security reason. Within six months after the effective date of this amendment, the department shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the criteria and procedures for an exclusion under this division.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.13 | Monthly Reports of Management and Progress of School.

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.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.14 | Labor or Services.

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 Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.15 | Employing Prisoners in Certain Work for the State.

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 state, any political subdivision or institution of this state, any other state, or the United States, or private persons. The department may procure machinery and prepare shop room for that purpose. The department may employ a portion of the prisoners in the preparation and manufacture of any or all forms of road-making material for use in the construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of highways, roads, or streets.For these purposes the department may, with the approval of the governor, purchase the necessary land, quarries, buildings, machinery, and erect buildings and shops for these purposes, and employ any persons necessary to instruct the prisoners in such manufacture. The terms and manner of employment of the persons who instruct the prisoners shall be fixed and determined by the department.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.17 | Contracts for Sale of Roadmaking Materials.

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 for furnishing and delivering the roadmaking material for use upon the appropriate roads, streets, and highways.(B) Any money received for roadmaking materials prepared by prisoners shall be deposited into the Ohio penal industries manufacturing fund created pursuant to section 5120.29 of the Revised Code and shall be used and accounted for as provided in that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.18 | Printing or Binding.

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 registration of motor vehicles, and for any other purpose authorized by division (B) of section 5145.03 and by sections 5145.16 and 5145.161 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.21 | Arrest and Return of Escaped Prisoner.

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 6, 2021 at 10:53 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.22 | Record of Vital Statistics and Medical Records.

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 leading organs, rate of the pulse and respiration, measurement of the chest and abdomen, condition of the inguinal canal, and the arch of the foot, and any existing disease, deformity, or other disability, acquired or inherited. The chief physician shall perform such other duties in the line of his profession as the department of rehabilitation and correction requires.(B) The chief physician shall keep a separate medical record of each prisoner as provided in division (C) of section 5120.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.24 | Administrative Release for Certain Escapees.

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:(1) The ninetieth anniversary of the prisoner's birth has passed;(2) A period of at least twenty years has passed since the date of the prisoner's escape.(B) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the granting of an administrative release under this section.(C) An administrative release granted under this section does not operate to restore the rights and privileges forfeited by conviction as provided in section 2961.01 of the Revised Code.(D) The authority to grant an administrative release that is contained in this section is independent of the administrative release provisions contained in section 2967.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.27 | Prohibited Acts.

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 other than that prescribed by law, or for an act or service which he performs for or on behalf of a contractor, or the agent, or employee of such contractor.Whoever violates this section shall be dismissed, and a contractor, or the agent, or employee of such contractor, concerned in the violation, shall be expelled from the state correctional institution and not again permitted within it in such capacity.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.28 | Participation in Research Program.

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 shall be paid into the prisoner's aid fund to provide books and other educational materials for the inmates of the volunteer's correctional institution.
Ohio Rev Code § 5145.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary|Section 5145.31 | Improper Internet Access - State Penitentiary.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No officer or employee of a correctional institution under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide a prisoner access to or permit a prisoner to have access to the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply: (1) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's institution or by the managing officer's designee. (2) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) No prisoner in a correctional institution under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall access the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply: (a) The prisoner is accessing the internet solely for a use or purpose approved by the managing officer of that prisoner's institution or by the managing officer's designee. (b) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code. (2) Whoever violates division (C)(1) of this section is guilty of improper internet access, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:45 PM