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Franklin County Correctional Center I (also known as Franklin County Main Jail or FCCCI) [1] [2] [3] is a 650-bed medium-maximum security correctional facility located in Columbus, Ohio. [3] It is located at 2460 Jackson Pike, Columbus, OH 43223.
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]
Ohio State Penitentiary currently holds level 5, 4, 3 and 1 inmates. Level 1 inmates are housed outside of the institutional fence in their own building. Inmates placed in restricted housing for disciplinary rules infractions are locked down with the exception of showers, restrooms, and one recreation period of one hour, 5 days per week.
A prisoner sleeps in a cell on the medical floor of the Franklin County Jail in downtown Columbus on Friday, February 17, 2017. At 50 years old, the existing Franklin County jail has outlived its ...
A year-long investigation by The Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and USA TODAY Network Ohio examined 219 deaths in jail custody that were reported to the state Department of Rehabilitation ...
An internal report by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction determined two inmates snuck out of prison in this trash dumpster that had been on site in May 2023.
The Franklin County Jail was a county jail building in Columbus, Ohio, administered by the Franklin County government. The building opened in 1889 and was in use until August 1971. At that time, the jail was moved to a new facility, part of the Franklin County Government Center. The 1889 structure was demolished two months later.
A temporary jail was on the south side of Gay Street between High and Third Streets, [6] or between Town and Rich streets, [7] from 1824 to 1840, beginning when the county seat moved to Columbus. [6] The prison was commissioned by police commissioner David W. Brooks, grandson of a pioneering family of Columbus.