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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.281 | Granting Financial Assistance to Detention Facilities.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly
The department of youth services shall adopt rules prescribing the manner of application for financial assistance under this section for the operation and maintenance of a detention facility provided, or district detention facility established, under section 2151.41 of the Revised Code and prescribing minimum standards of operation, including criteria for programs of education, training, counseling, recreation, health, and safety, and qualifications of personnel with which a facility shall comply as a condition of eligibility for assistance under this section. If the board of county commissioners providing a detention facility or the board of trustees of a district detention facility applies to the department for assistance and if the department finds that the application is in accordance with the rules adopted under this section and that the facility meets the minimum standards adopted under this section, the department may grant assistance to the applicant board for the operation and maintenance of each facility in an amount not to exceed fifty per cent of the approved annual operating cost. The board shall make a separate application for each year for which assistance is requested.
The department shall adopt any necessary rules for the care, treatment, and training in a district detention facility of children found to be delinquent children and committed to the facility by the juvenile court under section 2151.19 of the Revised Code and may approve for this purpose any facility that is found to be in compliance with the rules it adopts.
The department shall fund, at least once every six months, in-service training programs approved by the department for staff members of detention facilities or district detention facilities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.29 | Payment of Assistance Rules.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
The department of youth services shall adopt and promulgate regulations prescribing the method of calculating the amount of and the time and manner for the payment of financial assistance granted under sections 5139.27 and 5139.271 of the Revised Code, for the construction or acquisition of a district detention facility established under section 2152.41 of the Revised Code, or for the construction and maintenance of a school, forestry camp, or other facility established under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.30 | Transferring Children.

Effective:
November 24, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 440 - 114th General Assembly
The department of youth services may, by mutual agreement with the governing board of a school, forestry camp, or other facility established under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, transfer to such school, forestry camp, or other facility any child committed to the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.31 | Inspections.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly
The department of youth services may inspect any school, forestry camp, district detention facility, or other facility for which an application for financial assistance has been made to the department under section 2152.43 or 2151.651 of the Revised Code or for which financial assistance has been granted by the department under section 5139.27, 5139.271, or 5139.281 of the Revised Code. The inspection may include, but need not be limited to, examination and evaluation of the physical condition of the school, forestry camp, district detention facility, or other facility, including any equipment used in connection with it; observation and evaluation of the programming and treatment of children admitted to it; examination and analysis and copying of any papers, records, or other documents relating to the qualifications of personnel, the commitment of children to it, and its administration.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.32 | Child Unable to Benefit From Programs.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Whenever a child committed to the department of youth services is unable to benefit from the programs conducted by the department, as found under division (B) of this section, the department forthwith shall release or discharge such child from its jurisdiction and either return the child to the committing court, provided that such court so consents or directs, or otherwise secure for the child an environment more beneficial to the child's future development.
(B) The determination that a child is unable to benefit from the programs conducted by the department shall be made by the committing court on its own motion or upon application by the department or by a parent or the guardian of the person of the child, or, if the child has been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility, whichever is applicable, for the prescribed minimum period set forth in Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code and the child's commitment order, by the department itself.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.35 | Prior Consent of Committing Court Required for Placement in Less Restrictive Setting.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and division (C)(2) of section 5139.06 of the Revised Code, the department of youth services shall not place a child committed to it pursuant to section 2152.16 or divisions (A) and (B) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code who has not been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility for the prescribed minimum period of institutionalization in an institution with a less restrictive setting than that in which the child was originally placed, other than an institution under the management and control of the department, without first obtaining the prior consent of the committing court.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the department of youth services shall notify the committing court, in writing, of any placement of a child committed to it pursuant to division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 2152.16 or divisions (A) and (B) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code who has been institutionalized or institutionalized in a secure facility for the prescribed minimum period of institutionalization under those divisions in an institution with a less restrictive setting than that in which the child was originally placed, other than an institution under the management and control of the department, at least fifteen days before the scheduled date of placement.
(C) If, pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 5139.06 of the Revised Code, the department of youth services transfers a child committed to it pursuant to division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 2152.16 or divisions (A) and (B) of section 2152.17 of the Revised Code to a correctional medical center established by the department of rehabilitation and correction, the department of youth services shall send the committing court a certified copy of the transfer order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.38 | Transferring Felony Delinquent to Community Facility for Supervised Treatment Prior to Ordering Release.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly
Within ninety days prior to the expiration of the prescribed minimum period of institutionalization of a felony delinquent committed to the department of youth services and with prior approval of the committing court, the department may transfer the felony delinquent to a community facility on supervised release as described in section 5139.18 of the Revised Code. For purposes of transfers under this section, both of the following apply:
(A) The community facility may be a community corrections facility that has received a grant pursuant to section 5139.36 of the Revised Code, a community residential program with which the department has contracted for purposes of this section, or another private entity with which the department has contracted for purposes of this section. Division (E) of section 5139.36 of the Revised Code does not apply in connection with a transfer of a felony delinquent that is made to a community corrections facility pursuant to this section.
(B) During the period in which the felony delinquent is in the community facility, the felony delinquent shall remain in the custody of the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.39 | Transfer to Certified Foster Care Facility.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
The department of youth services, in the manner provided in this chapter and Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, may transfer to a foster care facility certified by the department of job and family services under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, any child committed to it and, in the event of a transfer of that nature, unless otherwise mutually agreed, the department of youth services shall bear the cost of care and services provided for the child in the foster care facility. A juvenile court may transfer to any foster facility certified by the department of job and family services any child between twelve and eighteen years of age, other than a psychotic child or a child with an intellectual disability, who has been designated a delinquent child and placed on probation by order of the juvenile court as a result of having violated any law of this state or the United States or any ordinance of a political subdivision of this state.
Last updated September 29, 2023 at 9:14 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.511 | Verification of Identity Prior to Release.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Before a youth is released from a secure facility under the control of the department of youth services, the department of youth services shall attempt to verify the youth's identification and social security number. If the department is able to verify the youth's identity with a verified birth certificate and social security number, the department shall issue an identification card that the youth may present to the registrar or deputy registrar of motor vehicles. If the department is not able to verify the youth's identity with both a verified birth certificate and social security number, the youth shall not receive an identification card under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5139 | Youth Services › Section 5139.54 | Medical Release or Discharge.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision for determining when a child shall be released or discharged from the legal custody of the department of youth services, including jurisdictional provisions in section 2152.22 of the Revised Code, the release authority, for medical reasons, may release a child upon supervised release or discharge the child from the custody of the department when any of the following applies:
(1) The child is terminally ill or otherwise in imminent danger of death.
(2) The child is incapacitated due to injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition and is no longer a threat to public safety.
(3) The child appears to be a person with a mental illness subject to court order, as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code, or a person with an intellectual disability subject to institutionalization by court order, as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) When considering whether to release or discharge a child under this section for medical reasons, the release authority may request additional medical information about the child or may ask the department to conduct additional medical examinations.
(C) The release authority shall determine the appropriate level of supervised release for a child released under this section. The terms and conditions of the release may require periodic medical reevaluations as appropriate. Upon granting a release or discharge under this section, the release authority shall give notice of the release and its terms and conditions or of the discharge to the court that committed the child to the custody of the department.
(D) The release authority shall submit annually to the director of youth services a report that includes all of the following information for the previous calendar year:
(1) The number of children the release authority considered for medical release or discharge;
(2) The nature of the injury, disease, illness, or other medical condition of each child considered for medical release or discharge;
(3) The decision made by the release authority for each child, including the reasons for denying medical release or discharge or for granting it;
(4) The number of children on medical release who were returned to a secure facility or whose supervised release was revoked.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:04 PM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5145 | Penitentiary › Section 5145.06 | Ohio Central School System.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th 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 workforce 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 March 31, 2003, 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.
Last updated September 21, 2023 at 9:11 AM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.07 | Purchasing Supplies.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
No articles or supplies manufactured under this section or sections 5147.12 to 5147.22 of the Revised Code by the labor of convicts of state correctional institutions shall be purchased from any other source for the state or its institutions unless the department of administrative services, in consultation with the department of rehabilitation and correction, determines that the articles or supplies cannot be furnished and issues a waiver under section 125.035 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.12 | Labor of Prisoners Not to Be Sold.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly
The labor or time of any person confined in any workhouse or jail shall not be let, farmed out, given, sold, or contracted to any person. Work performed under a work-release program authorized under section 5147.28 of the Revised Code is not in violation of this section.
This section does not apply to any person serving a periodic sentence under division (B) of section 2929.26 of the Revised Code, insofar as that person is engaged between periods of confinement in the person's regular trade or occupation for the support of the person or the person's family. This section does not apply to prisoners participating in a county jail industry program established under section 5147.30 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.13 | Prisoners in Workhouses or Jails May Be Employed to Manufacture Articles for Public Institutions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Persons confined in any workhouse or jail may be employed in the manufacture of articles used by any department or public institution belonging to or controlled by the political subdivisions supporting or contributing to the support of any such workhouse or jail or to any political subdivision of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.14 | Authority to Procure Equipment.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board or officer in charge of any workhouse or jail may provide, prepare, and procure machinery, power, and shop room for the manufacture of the articles specified in section 5147.13 of the Revised Code, and may employ such persons as may be necessary to instruct persons confined in such workhouses or jails in such manufacture.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.15 | Employment of Prisoners.

Effective:
November 8, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51, House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
Except for articles manufactured in a county jail industry program established under section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, no articles other than those specified in section 5147.13 of the Revised Code shall be manufactured by the labor of prisoners in any jail or workhouse. This section does not prevent the employment by any political subdivision of any person so confined, elsewhere than within the jail or workhouse where that person has been committed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.16 | Purchase or Lease Beds of Limestone, or Other Suitable Road-Building Material.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may purchase or lease beds of limestone, or other suitable road-building material, after such material is approved by the director of transportation as suitable for the construction of roads, or such board may lease and operate a plant for the manufacture of brick or other road-building materials or supplies needed for the construction or maintenance of public roads in such county and employ a superintendent to supervise the work. When such property is purchased or leased, the board shall make the arrangements necessary to work the convicts of the county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.17 | Sentence of Hard Labor in County.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When the board of county commissioners has secured property and completed arrangements for the working of its prisoners as provided in section 5147.16 of the Revised Code, a court or magistrate may sentence persons convicted of offenses, the punishment of which is, in whole or in part, imprisonment in the county jail or workhouse, to be imprisoned at hard labor within such county for the same terms or periods as are prescribed for their confinement in such jail or workhouse.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.18 | Duty of County Commissioners to Work Prisoners at Hard Labor.

Effective:
September 3, 1970
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 460 - 108th General Assembly
In counties which have secured property and completed arrangements for the working of their convicts, the board of county commissioners, whenever practicable, shall cause to be worked as provided in sections 5147.01 to 5147.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code, all convicts sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor, and also all male convicts, physically capable of performing hard labor, confined in the county jail or workhouse for failure to pay a fine in criminal prosecution, or who plead insolvency or inability to pay such fine. A person confined for failure to pay a fine shall be released when the fine has been discharged by his labor at the rates to be fixed by such board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.19 | Control of Prisoners at Hard Labor.

Effective:
November 8, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51, House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly
Except for prisoners participating in a county jail industry program established under section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, prisoners sentenced to hard labor under section 5147.18 of the Revised Code shall be under the control of the board of county commissioners, which may enact rules for the successful working of those prisoners according to sections 5147.01 to 5147.20 of the Revised Code. Sections 5147.01 to 5147.20 of the Revised Code do not authorize taking a prisoner convicted in a city from the control of the proper officer of the city and transferring him into the control of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.20 | Resentence of Prisoner Sick or Incapacitated for Work.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor under section 5147.17 of the Revised Code, becomes sick or incapacitated for work, or the board of county commissioners finds it impracticable to employ him, the prisoner shall be taken forthwith before the court or magistrate which imposed the sentence and he shall be resentenced to confinement in the jail or a workhouse for the unexpired portion of his sentence. If such prisoner becomes able to labor before completing his sentence, or if the board finds it practicable to employ him, he shall be liable to work, as provided in section 5147.18 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.21 | Board of County Commissioners May Employ Superintendent.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may employ a superintendent and such guards and attendants as are necessary for the safekeeping, proper working, and welfare of its convicts, and, in all other respects, shall make efficient the service contemplated in sections 5147.01 to 5147.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.22 | Earnings of Prisoners.

Effective:
March 31, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 24 - 133rd General Assembly
Except for prisoners participating in a county jail industry program established under section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, or officer in charge of any workhouse or jail, shall place to the credit of each prisoner the amount of the prisoner's earnings that the board or officer considers equitable and just, taking into consideration the character of the prisoner, the nature of the crime for which the prisoner is imprisoned, and the prisoner's general deportment. The board or officer may cancel any portion of that credit for violation of the rules, want of propriety, or other misconduct. When such earnings are credited to any such prisoner and the prisoner has a child under the age of sixteen or a spouse, the board or officer in control of the workhouse or jail shall pay the earnings weekly to the person having custody of the child, or to the spouse of the prisoner, as the board or officer determines. When the prisoner has no such child or spouse, the earnings shall be paid to the prisoner upon discharge.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5147 | Convict Labor › Section 5147.27 | Temporary Details to Specified Labor.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, may detail, temporarily, from a state correctional institution, with the consent of the managing officer of the institution, any inmates under its control, to perform specified labor.