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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.132 | Prisoner Programs Fund.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the prisoner programs fund. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall deposit in the fund all moneys received by the department from commissions on telephone systems and services provided to prisoners in relation to electronic mail, prisoner trust fund deposits, and the purchase of music, digital music players, and other electronic devices. The money in the fund shall be used only to pay for the costs of the following:
(1) The purchase of material, supplies, and equipment used in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department for the benefit of prisoners;
(2) The construction, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of buildings and structures owned by the department for use in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department for the benefit of prisoners;
(3) The payment of salary, wages, and other compensation to employees of the department who are employed in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department for the benefit of prisoners;
(4) The compensation to vendors that contract with the department for the provision of services for the benefit of prisoners in any library program, educational program, religious program, recreational program, or pre-release program operated by the department;
(5) The payment of prisoner release payments in an appropriate amount as determined pursuant to rule;
(6) The purchase of other goods and the payment of other services that are determined, in the discretion of the director, to be goods and services that may provide additional benefit to prisoners.
(B) The director shall establish rules for the operation of the prisoner programs fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.133 | Prisoner's Financial Obligations and Funds.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, upon receipt of a certified copy of the judgment of a court of record in an action in which a prisoner was a party that orders a prisoner to pay a stated obligation, may apply toward payment of the obligation money that belongs to a prisoner and that is in the account kept for the prisoner by the department. The department may transmit the prisoner's funds directly to the court for disbursement or may make payment in another manner as directed by the court. Except as provided in rules adopted under this section, when an amount is received for the prisoner's account, the department shall use it for the payment of the obligation and shall continue using amounts received for the account until the full amount of the obligation has been paid. No proceedings in aid of execution are necessary for the department to take the action required by this section.
(B) The department may adopt rules specifying a portion of an inmate's earnings or other receipts that the inmate is allowed to retain to make purchases from the commissary and that may not be used to satisfy an obligation pursuant to division (A) of this section. The rules shall not permit the application or disbursement of funds belonging to an inmate if those funds are exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, or sale to satisfy a judgment or order pursuant to section 2329.66 of the Revised Code or to any other provision of law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.134 | Vending Commission Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
Each managing officer of an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction, based upon a recommendation of the institution's joint labor management committee, may establish a local institution fund that shall be designated the vending commission fund and that shall be created and maintained for the benefit and welfare of the employees of that institution. The fund shall receive the profits from vending commission areas that are designated solely for use by department of rehabilitation and correction employees. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall establish rules for the operation of employee vending commission funds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.14 | Notice of Escape and of Apprehension of Escapee.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense escapes from a correctional institution in this state under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction or otherwise escapes from the custody of the department, the department immediately after the escape shall report the escape, by telephone and in writing, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction in the county in which the institution from which the escape was made or to which the person was sentenced is located, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction in the county in which the person was convicted or pleaded guilty to the offense for which the escaped person was sentenced, to the state highway patrol, to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the institution from which the escape was made or to which the person was sentenced is located, to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the person was convicted or pleaded guilty to the offense for which the escaped person was sentenced, to a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the institution from which the escape was made or to which the person was sentenced is located, and to a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the escaped person was indicted for an offense for which, at the time of the escape, the escaped person had been sentenced to that institution. The written notice may be by facsimile transmission, electronic mail, or mail. A failure to comply with this requirement is a violation of section 2921.22 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon the apprehension of the escaped person, the department shall give notice of the apprehension by telephone and in writing to the persons who were given notice of the escape under division (A) of this section.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:59 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.15 | Admission and Discharge of Inmates.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall regulate the admission and discharge of inmates in the institutions described in section 5120.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.162 | Transferring Children in Custody of Youth Services Department to Correctional Medical Center.

Effective:
November 13, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 331 - 119th General Assembly
(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into an agreement with the department of youth services pursuant to which the department of youth services may transfer to a correctional medical center established by the department of rehabilitation and correction children who are within its custody, who have an illness, physical condition, or other medical problem, and who apparently would benefit from diagnosis or treatment at the center for that illness, condition, or problem. Notwithstanding the fact that portions of the center may be used for the benefit of children in the custody of the department of youth services, the center shall be considered a facility of the department of rehabilitation and correction and shall be controlled and operated in accordance with the agreement and the provisions of this section. A child who is in the custody of the department of youth services and who is transferred to the center shall be considered as remaining in the custody of the department of youth services during the period of his diagnosis, treatment, or housing for diagnosis or treatment in the center.
During the development or renovation of a correctional medical center that is the subject of an agreement under this section, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall confer with the department of youth services to ensure that the center is planned and constructed or renovated to facilitate its use for the diagnosis or treatment of both prisoners in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction and children in the custody of the department of youth services who may be transferred to the center.
(B) All children who are in the custody of the department of youth services and who are transferred to a correctional medical center pursuant to an agreement under this section shall be housed in areas of the center that are totally separate and removed by sight and sound from all prisoners who are in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction and who are being diagnosed, treated, or housed for diagnosis or treatment in the center or who otherwise are in the center. For purposes of this division, children who are being diagnosed, treated, or housed for diagnosis or treatment in a building or wing of a building in which no prisoners in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction are being diagnosed, treated, or housed for diagnosis or treatment or otherwise are present are being housed totally separate from any prisoners who are in the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.163 | Examination, Testing and Treatment for Certain Diseases.

Effective:
March 17, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 111 - 122nd General Assembly
At the time of reception and at other times the director determines to be appropriate, the department of rehabilitation and correction may examine and test a prisoner for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, and other contagious diseases. The department may test and treat involuntarily a prisoner in a state correctional institution who refuses to be tested or treated for tuberculosis, HIV infection, hepatitis, including but not limited to hepatitis A, B, and C, or another contagious disease.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.171 | Care and Treatment of Seriously Mentally Ill Inmates.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall have exclusive direction and control of the care and treatment of seriously mentally ill inmates who are in the department's custody. The department shall enter into any arrangements it considers desirable on such matters, including but not limited to both of the following:
(1) The monitoring of such services by another state agency or agencies;
(2) Adopting joint standards for the provision and monitoring of mental health services with the department of mental health and addiction services and other state agencies.
(B) In order to implement its duties imposed by division (A) of this section, the department of rehabilitation and correction may enter into a contract for the provision of the mental health services described in that division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.172 | Consent to Medical Treatment of Minor Prosecuted as Adult.

Effective:
January 1, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly
A minor whose case is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to section 2152.12 of the Revised Code, who is prosecuted as an adult and is convicted of or pleads guilty to one or more offenses in that case, and who is sentenced to a prison term or term of imprisonment in a state correctional institution for one or more of those offenses shall be considered emancipated for the purpose of consenting to medical treatment while confined in the state correctional institution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.173 | Report of Child Abuse or Neglect to State Highway Patrol.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
Any person who is required to report abuse or neglect of a child under eighteen years of age that is reasonably suspected or believed to have occurred or the threat of which is reasonably suspected or believed to exist pursuant to division (A) of section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, any person who is permitted to report or cause a report to be made of reasonably suspected abuse or neglect of a child under eighteen years of age pursuant to division (B) of that section, any person who is required to report suspected abuse or neglect of a person with a developmental disability pursuant to division (C) of section 5123.61 of the Revised Code, and any person who is permitted to report suspected abuse or neglect of a person with a developmental disability pursuant to division (F) of that section and who makes or causes the report to be made, shall direct that report to the state highway patrol if the child or the person with a developmental disability is an inmate in the custody of a state correctional institution. If the state highway patrol determines after receipt of the report that it is probable that abuse or neglect of the inmate occurred, the patrol shall report its findings to the department of rehabilitation and correction, to the court that sentenced the inmate for the offense for which the inmate is in the custody of the department, and to the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the correctional institution inspection committee established by section 103.71 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.18 | Classifying Public Buildings - Purchase of Articles.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall, with the advice and consent of the department of administrative services, classify public buildings, offices, and institutions and determine the kinds, patterns, designs, and qualities of articles to be manufactured for use therein, which shall be uniform for each class, so far as practicable.
Whenever the department of rehabilitation and correction gives written notice to the superintendent of purchases and printing, or other official having authority to purchase articles, that the department is prepared to supply such articles from any institution under its control, the superintendent or other official shall make any needed purchases of said articles from such institution, unless the chief officer thereof, or the department, having been requested to furnish such articles, gives notice in writing within thirty days from the date of the request, that such articles cannot be furnished.
If the superintendent requires such articles within thirty days from the day of making such request and so states upon the face of such request, the chief officer of such institution or the department of rehabilitation and correction shall forthwith advise the superintendent whether it will be able to furnish such articles within such time, the superintendent may purchase such articles in the open market as in other cases. This section does not apply to any officer, board, or agent of any municipal corporation which maintains an institution that produces or manufactures articles of the kind desired.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.19 | Cultivating Lands - Transactions Between Institutions.

Effective:
July 1, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 171 - 117th General Assembly
(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, shall determine and direct what lands belonging to institutions under its control shall be cultivated, the crops to be raised, and the use to be made of the land and crops, and may distribute the products among the different institutions. If the crops are distributed to institutions under the control of the department, the department shall keep records of the distributions and of the fair market value of the crops distributed. The department may sell any crops that are not necessary for the institutions under its control to any person. The money received from the sale of the crops shall be deposited in the services and agricultural fund created pursuant to section 5120.29 of the Revised Code.
The department may require institutions under its control, when they have proper lands and labor, to undertake intensive agriculture, may rent lands for the production of supplies for any of the institutions that have surplus labor, and may rent lands for the production of crops for sale, when it can be done to advantage.
The department shall pay and assign the prisoners who perform any labor pursuant to this division in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department may direct the purchase of any materials, supplies, or other articles for any institution under its control from any other institution under its control at the reasonable market value, which value shall be fixed by the department. Payments for the articles shall be made as between institutions in the manner provided for payment for supplies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.20 | Cooperative Tests by Agriculture and Health Departments.

Effective:
June 13, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly
The department of agriculture, department of health, and Ohio state university shall cooperate with the department of rehabilitation and correction in making such cooperative tests as are necessary to determine the quality, strength, and purity of supplies, the value and use of farm lands, or conditions and needs of mechanical equipment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.212 | Data Matching Agreements.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 302 - 134th General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (A) of section 5120.21 of the Revised Code, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall share the records described in that division with the director of job and family services to the extent necessary to effectuate the data matching agreements required under sections 4141.287 and 5101.041 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 22, 2023 at 5:14 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.22 | Division of Business Administration - Property Management Duties.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The division of business administration shall examine the conditions of all buildings, grounds, and other property connected with the institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, the methods of bookkeeping and storekeeping, and all matters relating to the management of such property. The division shall study and become familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of each as to location, freight rates, and efficiency of farm and equipment, for the purpose of aiding in the determination of the local and general requirements both for maintenance and improvements.
(B) The division, with respect to the various types of state-owned housing under jurisdiction of the department, shall adopt, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, rules governing maintenance of the housing and its usage by department personnel. The rules shall include a procedure for determining charges for rent and utilities, which the division shall assess against and collect from department personnel using the housing. All money collected for rent and utilities pursuant to the rules shall be deposited into the property receipts fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Money in the fund shall be used for any expenses necessary to provide housing of department employees, including but not limited to expenses for the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of land and buildings.
(C) The division may enter into a lease or agreement with a state agency, political subdivision of the state, or private entity to use facilities or other property under the jurisdiction of the department that is not being utilized by the department. All money collected for leasing and services performed in accordance with the lease or agreement shall be deposited into the property receipts fund created under division (B) of this section. Money in the fund shall be used for any expenses resulting from the lease or agreement, including, but not limited to, expenses for services performed, construction, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of the facilities or other property.
(D) If, after meeting the expenditure obligations required by divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the division determines that the property receipts fund has excess funds, the division may use money in the fund for services performed, construction, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of any other facilities or property owned by the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.23 | Estimates of Required Supplies.

Effective:
July 1, 1987
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 171 - 117th General Assembly
(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall require proper officials of the state and its political subdivisions and of the institutions of the state and its political subdivisions, to report estimates for the ensuing year of the amount of supplies required by them, of the kinds that are produced by the state correctional and penal institutions. It may make rules for the reports and provide the manner in which the estimates shall be made.
(B) Any money that is received by the department of rehabiliation and correction from the state and its political subdivisions, any other state and its political subdivisions, the United States, or private persons for products and services produced by the state correctional and penal institutions shall be deposited in the services and agricultural fund or 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 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.24 | Purchasing Supplies.

Effective:
July 1, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly
The department of administrative services shall purchase all supplies needed for the proper support and maintenance of the institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction in accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code and such rules as the department of administrative services adopts. All bids shall be publicly opened on the day and hour and at the place specified in the advertisement.
Preference shall be given to bidders in localities wherein the institution is located if the price is fair and reasonable and not greater than the usual price. Bids not meeting the specifications shall be rejected.
The department of administrative services may require such security as it considers proper to accompany the bids and shall fix the security to be given by the contractor.
The department of administrative services may reject any or all bids and secure new bids, if for any reason it is considered to be in the best interest of the state to do so, and it may authorize the managing officer of any institution to purchase perishable goods and supplies for use in cases of emergency, in which cases such managing officer shall certify such fact in writing and the department of administrative services shall record the reasons for such purchase.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.25 | Books and Accounts.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
The department of correction shall keep in its office a proper and complete set of books and accounts with each institution, which shall clearly show the nature and amount of every expenditure authorized and made at such institution, and which shall contain an account of all appropriations made by the general assembly and of all other funds, together with the disposition of such funds.
The department shall prescribe the form of vouchers, records, and methods of keeping accounts at each of the institutions, which shall be as nearly uniform as possible. The department may examine the records of each institution, at any time.
The department may authorize any of its bookkeepers, accountants, or employees to examine and check the records, accounts, and vouchers or take an inventory of the property of any institution, or do whatever is necessary, and pay the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in such service when an itemized account is filed and approved.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.26 | Funds.

Effective:
April 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 654 - 113th General Assembly
(A) The treasurer of state shall have charge of all funds under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction and shall pay out the funds only in accordance with this chapter.
(B) The department shall cause to be furnished a contract of indemnity to cover all moneys and funds received by it or by its managing officers, employees, or agents while the moneys or funds are in the possession of the managing officers, employees, or agents. The funds are designated as follows:
(1) Funds that are due and payable to the treasurer of state as provided by Chapter 131. of the Revised Code;
(2) Funds that are held in trust by the managing officers, employees, or agents of the institution as local funds or accounts under the jurisdiction of the department.
The contract of indemnity shall be made payable to the state and the premium for the contract of indemnity may be paid from any of the moneys received for the use of the department under this chapter and Chapters 5121., 5123., and 5125. of the Revised Code.
(C) Moneys collected from various sources, such as the sale of goods, farm products, services, and all miscellaneous articles, shall be transmitted on or before Monday of each week to the treasurer of state and a detailed statement of the collections shall be made to the division of business administration by each managing officer. The receipts from manufacturing and service industries and agricultural products shall be used and accounted for as provided in section 5120.29 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.27 | Industries Carried on by Institutions.

Effective:
April 9, 1982
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 654 - 113th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction may assign, among the correctional and penal institutions under its control and in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, the industries to be carried on by the institutions, having due regard to the location and convenience of the industries, other institutions to be supplied, to the machinery in the institutions, and to the number and character of prisoners employed in the industries.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.28 | Fixing Prices for Labor and Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall fix the prices at which all labor and services performed, all agricultural products produced, and all articles manufactured in correctional and penal institutions shall be furnished to the state, the political subdivisions of the state, and the public institutions of the state and the political subdivisions, and to private persons. The prices shall be uniform to all and not higher than the usual market price for like labor, products, services, and articles.
(B) Any money received by the department of rehabilitation and correction for labor and services performed shall be deposited into the institutional services fund created pursuant to division (A) of section 5120.29 of the Revised Code and shall be used and accounted for as provided in that section and division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) Any money received by the department of rehabilitation and correction for articles manufactured and agricultural products produced in penal and correctional institutions shall be deposited into the Ohio penal industries manufacturing fund created pursuant to division (B) of section 5120.29 of the Revised Code and shall be used and accounted for as provided in that section and division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.30 | Investigations.

Effective:
July 1, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction may make any investigations that are necessary in the performance of its duties, and to that end the director of rehabilitation and correction shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books or papers.
The department shall keep a record of the investigations pursuant to the record retention schedule approved by the department of administrative services.
Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, but no officer or employee of the institution under investigation is entitled to such fees.
Any judge of the probate court or of the court of common pleas, upon application of the department, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books or papers, and the giving of testimony before the department, by a judgment for contempt or otherwise, in the same manner as in cases before courts of common pleas.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.31 | Appointing Special Agents and Persons.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction may appoint and commission any competent agency or person, to serve without compensation, as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state:
(A) The name;
(B) Agency with which such person is connected;
(C) Purpose of appointment;
(D) Date of expiration of appointment;
(E) Such information as the department considers proper.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.32 | Annual Report.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
In its annual report, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall include a complete financial statement of the various institutions under its control. The report shall state, as to each such institution, whether:
(A) The moneys appropriated have been economically and judiciously expended;
(B) The objects of the several institutions have been accomplished;
(C) The laws in relation to such institutions have been fully complied with;
(D) All parts of the state are equally benefited by said institutions.
Such annual report shall be accompanied by the reports of the managing officers and such other information and recommendations as the department considers proper.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.33 | Listing Employees.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
The annual report of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall include a list of the officers and agents employed, and the condition of the state institutions under its control. Such report may include statistics and information in regard to correctional institutions of this or other states.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.34 | Nonpartisan Management of Institutions.

Effective:
November 7, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 617 - 111th General Assembly
Sec. 5120.34. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall make rules for the nonpartisan management of the institutions under its control. Any officer or employee of the department or any officer or employee of any institution under its control, who, by solicitation or otherwise, exerts his influence, directly or indirectly, to induce any other officer or employee of any such institutions to adopt his political views or to favor any particular person, issue, or candidate for office shall be removed from his office or position, by the department in case of an officer or employee and by the governor in case of the director of rehabilitation and correction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.35 | Annual Report Suggestions and Recommendations.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
In its annual report, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall make any suggestions or recommendations it considers wise for the more effectual accomplishment of the general purpose of Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.36 | Executive, Administrative, and Fiscal Supervision of Institutions.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction, in addition to the powers expressly conferred, shall have all power and authority necessary for the full and efficient exercise of the executive, administrative, and fiscal supervision over the state institutions described in section 5120.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.37 | Sharing Information With Department of Job and Family Services.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall enter into an agreement with the department of job and family services to exchange or share information monthly concerning persons under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.39 | Superintendent of Institution - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
Each superintendent of an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall be of good moral character and have skill, ability, and experience in his profession. He shall have control of the institution, and be responsible for the management thereof and for the service of all its employees. He shall appoint necessary teachers, attendants, nurses, servants, and other persons, assign their places and duties, and may discharge them, keeping a record thereof and reasons therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.40 | Qualification of Teachers.

Effective:
October 29, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 230 - 121st General Assembly
All teachers employed in any institution under the jurisdiction of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall possess educator licenses or have the qualifications and approval that the superintendent of the Ohio central school system, after conference with the officers in charge of the several institutions, prescribes for the various particular types of service or service in the particular institutions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.41 | Courses of Study.

Effective:
October 6, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly
The courses of study for the instruction and training of all persons in the correctional institutions under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.42 | Rules for Proper Execution of Powers.

Effective:
July 12, 1972
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 494 - 109th General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall make rules for the proper execution of its powers and may require the performance of additional duties by the officers of the several institutions, so as to fully meet the requirements, intents, and purposes of Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code, and particularly those relating to making estimates and furnishing proper proof of the use made of all articles furnished or produced in such institutions. In case of an apparent conflict between the powers conferred upon any managing officer and those conferred by such sections upon the department, the presumption shall be conclusive in favor of the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.422 | Rules for Site Selection.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
Sec. 5120.422. The department of rehabilitation and correction shall prescribe rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that govern the department's actions whenever it has the authority to select a site for a proposed state correctional institution. The rules shall include at least procedures under which the department shall receive, review, and select proposals from persons and political subdivisions for the establishment of a proposed state correctional institution at a particular geographic location.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.423 | Rules for Designating Equipment and Programs That Improve Fighting Skills.

Effective:
October 4, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 121st General Assembly
The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that designate devices and programs that, in addition to free weight exercise equipment as defined in sections 341.41, 753.31, and 5145.30 of the Revised Code and in addition to boxing, wrestling, and martial arts programs, would enable a person who uses a designated device or participates in a designated program to increase muscle mass and physical strength or to improve fighting skills.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.424 | Purchasing Fixed Weight Exercise Equipment.

Effective:
October 4, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 121st General Assembly
Section 6. On and after the effective date of this act, no moneys in the treasury of the state, or moneys coming lawfully into the possession or custody of the Treasurer of State, except moneys donated by gift, devise, or bequest specifically for this purpose, shall be used to purchase any fixed weight exercise equipment authorized by the act, and no moneys in the treasury of any subdivision of the state, or moneys coming lawfully into the possession or custody of the treasurer of any subdivision, shall be used to purchase any fixed weight exercise equipment for use at any facility described in Section 5 of this act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.425 | Prisoner Access to Inflammatory and Other Materials Definitions.

Effective:
November 3, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Head of a state correctional institution," "prisoner," and "state correctional institution" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Material" means a prerecorded magnetic audio or video tape, book, drawing, magazine, newspaper, pamphlet, poster, print, photograph, or other similar printed, written, recorded, or otherwise produced item.
(C) "Prohibited inflammatory material" means a material that, in the determination of the warden or the warden's designee, is detrimental to, or poses a threat to, the rehabilitation of the inmates or the security, good order, or discipline within or on the grounds of the institution for any reason, including, but not limited to, that it is material with a sexually explicit nature.
(D) "Publication review committee" means the committee created by the director of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to division (C) of section 5120.426 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Warden" means the head of a state correctional institution.
(F) "Warden's designee" means a person or a panel of persons designated by a warden to perform a responsibility that sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code generally otherwise impose upon the warden.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.426 | Rules Governing Access to Materials.

Effective:
November 3, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules, and each warden shall adopt regulations that govern the form, medium, and quantity of materials that each prisoner confined in the warden's institution is permitted to receive and retain. Those rules and regulations shall be consistent with sections 5120.425 to 5120.428 of the Revised Code. The regulations adopted by the warden shall be consistent with the rules that the director of rehabilitation and correction adopts pursuant to this division.
(B) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt a rule establishing a standard for determining whether material is a prohibited inflammatory material. In establishing the standard for determining whether material is a prohibited inflammatory material, the director shall consider all relevant information, including, but not limited to, the standard established for material that is harmful to juveniles in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code; in establishing the standard under this division, the director shall not be governed or limited by the standard established by section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall appoint a publication review committee of one or more persons. The member or members of the committee shall review withholding determinations pursuant to section 5120.428 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.428 | Request for Review.

Effective:
November 3, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) If a prisoner confined in a state correctional institution submits a timely written review request under division (B)(3) of section 5120.427 of the Revised Code, the warden of the state correctional institution in which the prisoner is confined or the warden's designee promptly shall forward the withheld material to the publication review committee. As soon as is practicable after receipt of the withheld material, the publication review committee shall review the material to determine whether it is a prohibited inflammatory material or another type of material.
(B) If the publication review committee determines that the withheld material is not a prohibited inflammatory material, the committee shall cause the withheld material to be promptly forwarded to the prisoner who requested the review.
(C) If the publication review committee determines that the withheld material is a prohibited inflammatory material, the committee shall forward the material to the warden or the warden's designee for disposal in the manner considered to be most appropriate under the circumstances.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.44 | Liberal Construction of Chapter.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
Chapter 5120. of the Revised Code attempts:
(A) To provide humane and scientific treatment and care and the highest attainable degree of individual development for the dependent wards of the state;
(B) To provide for the delinquent, conditions of modern education and training that will restore the largest possible portion of them to useful citizenship;
(C) To promote the study of the causes of dependency and delinquency, and of mental, moral, and physical impairments, with a view to cure and ultimate prevention;
(D) To secure by uniform and systematic management the highest attainable degree of economy in the administration of the state institutions.
Such sections shall be liberally construed to attain such purposes.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:54 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction › Section 5120.45 | Burial or Cremation of Inmate.

Effective:
August 5, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly
The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an inmate who dies in a state correctional institution, if the body is not claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or relatives, or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the study of embalming in accordance with section 1713.34 of the Revised Code. When the expense is borne by the state, interment of the person or the person's cremated remains shall be in the institution cemetery or other place provided by the state. The managing officer of the institution shall provide at the grave of the person or, if the person's cremated remains are buried, at the grave of the person's cremated remains, a metal, stone, or concrete marker on which shall be inscribed the name and age of the person and the date of death.