Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5120:1 - Division of Parole and Community Services › Chapter 5120:1-14 - Community Based Corrections Facilities and Programs › Section 5120:1-14-01 - Glossary of terms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Single county community-based
			 correctional facility and program: A "single county community-based
			 correctional facility and program" means a program established by any county
			 within the state of Ohio which has a population of two-hundred thousand
			 residents or more for the purpose of the commitment of felony offenders to a
			 residential facility by the common pleas court pursuant to sections
			 2301.51 to
			 2301.58,
			 5120.111,
			 5120.112 and
			 5149.06 of the Revised Code.
(B) "District community-based
			 correctional facility and program" means a program established by two or more
			 neighboring or adjoining counties within the state of Ohio which together have
			 an aggregate population of at least two-hundred thousand or more residents for
			 the purpose of the commitment of felony offenders to a residential facility by
			 the common pleas courts pursuant to sections
			 2301.51 to
			 2301.58,
			 5120.111,
			 5120.112 and
			 5149.06 of the Revised Code.
(C) Facility governing board: A
			 "facility governing board" is the board established in accordance with section
			 2301.51 of the Revised Code
			 whose duties and responsibilities are to administer a community-based
			 correctional facility and program, develop rules for the operation of the
			 facility, appoint the director, and establish the salaries of the director and
			 all other program staff who shall be employees of the board.
(D) Judicial advisory board: A "judicial
			 advisory board" is the board established in accordance with section
			 2301.51 of the Revised Code,
			 whose duties include making appointments to the facility governing board and
			 providing advice to the facility governing board regarding the public safety
			 needs of the community, screening criteria and other matters.
(E) District: A "district" is a geographic
			 area comprised of two or more neighboring or adjoining counties in the state of
			 Ohio with a total combined population of two-hundred thousand or more.
(F) Community-based correctional
			 facility (CBCF): A "community-based correctional facility" is a secure facility
			 used to confine persons sentenced by the court or courts of common pleas or
			 referred by a legal entity which conforms to operating standards established by
			 the department of rehabilitation and correction.
(G) Community-based correctional program: A
			 "community-based correctional program" provides general treatment to be applied
			 individually to eligible persons sentenced by a court or courts of common pleas
			 or referred by a legal entity consisting of an evaluation period of thirty days
			 that shall include, but not be limited to education, treatment, or work release
			 and has screening and admission standards.
(H) Eligible felony offender: An "eligible
			 felony offender" is a person who has been convicted of or pled guilty to a
			 felony. A person may qualify as an "eligible felony offender" only if the
			 person is not a repeat violent offender according to the definition set forth
			 in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code, and
			 is not required to initially serve a mandatory prison term.
(I) Proposal: A "proposal" is the written
			 plan to establish a community-based correctional facility and program submitted
			 by the facility governing board of a single county or district which must be
			 approved by the division of parole and community services prior to placement of
			 any person to a community-based correctional facility and program.
(J) American correctional association: The
			 "American Correctional Association" is an international correctional
			 association that develops, promulgates and implements standards for
			 correctional agencies/facilities.
(K) Evidence-based practices: "Evidence based
			 practices" are principles and practices that research has shown to be
			 effective.
(L) Design standards:
			 "Design standards" are standards for the construction and renovation of
			 community-based correctional facilities.
(M) Authorized entity: An "authorized entity"
			 is the legal entity authorized by law to refer or commit an eligible felony
			 offender to a community-based correctional facility.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				03/10/2016 and
				01/08/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 5120.01,
				5120.111
Rule
				Amplifies: 2301.51,
				2301.52,
				2301.55,
				2301.56,
				2301.57,
				2301.571,
				2301.58,
				5120.112
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/28/83, 9/1/97, 4/1/01,
				12/15/06