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Ohio's prison system is the sixth-largest in America, with 27 state prisons and three facilities for juveniles. In December 2018, the number of inmates in Ohio totaled 49,255, with the prison system spending nearly $1.8 billion that year. [2] ODRC headquarters are located in Columbus. [3]
The state had built a small prison in Columbus in 1813, but as the state's population grew the earlier facility was not able to handle the number of prisoners sent to it by the courts. When the penitentiary first opened in 1834, not all of the buildings were completed. The prison housed 5,235 prisoners at its peak in 1955.
OSP does retain death row cells for inmates who are considered the highest security risk. As of 2019, six high security death row inmates remain at OSP, four of whom were involved in the 1993 Lucasville prison riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. [1] [2] Ohio State Penitentiary currently holds level 5, 4, 3 and 1 inmates.
Ross Correctional Institution (RCI) is an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) close security state prison for men located in Union Township, Ross County, Ohio, near Chillicothe, Ohio, [1] adjacent to the medium-security Chillicothe Correctional Institution and the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park.
Two young men are still at large after escaping from a Louisiana jail, according to local authorities. 2 inmates still at large after 4 escaped from Louisiana jail Skip to main content
Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution was built in 1987 in Allen County, Ohio on a 78-acre (32 ha) site 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Lima, Ohio that shared land with the Lima Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison that closed in 2004.
The Iberia Parish Coroner said because his cause of death was ruled natural, more information is not a public record. Lumpkin's family told KATC he had heart and lung diseases, and that it took the jail hours to provide him with medical help. The sheriff disputed this account, saying the family is "full of it." Jail or Agency: Iberia Parish Jail
The Correctional Reception Center is a state prison for men located in Orient, Pickaway County, Ohio, opened in 1987, owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. [1] The facility holds a maximum of 1500 inmates at various security levels.