Ohio Administrative Code

(A) Regular, full-time, state-employed chaplains on approved leave from their institutions shall be responsible for securing the services of substitute clergymen to perform designated duties.(B) In the event institutional chaplains are unavailable, and non-institutional chaplains…

(A) Except as provided by this rule, all inmates who have not obtained a high school diploma or equivalency shall 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 th…

(A) At any time, and upon its own motion or on the motion of a party, a court may conduct an inquiry into whether any civil action or appeal brought by an inmate was brought in good faith. An inmate who is found by a court to have brought a frivolous civil action or appeal in any…

(A) A "record" means any item that is kept by the department of rehabilitation and correction (department) that:(1) Is stored on a fixed medium,(2) Is created, received by, or coming under the jurisdiction of a public office; and (3) Documents the organization, functions, policie…

(A) As used in this rule:(1) "Felony Commitment" means an admission to an adult correctional institution of this or any other state, or the United States to serve a prison term for one or more felony offenses.(2) "Crime of an assaultive nature" means an offense in which the inmat…

(A) Incarcerated individuals may only access the internet for a use or purpose approved by the director or designee. Access will be limited in accordance with this chapter and will be monitored. Criteria by which incarcerated individuals may be screened and approved for access or…

(A) The director shall designate one or more institutions as centers for the reception and classification of inmates received by the department.(B) Classification shall include assigning the inmate to appropriate security and supervision levels, as well as determining programming…

(A) Each institution will establish and maintain a classification committee(s). The committee will include a unit manager or designee, and other members as appointed by the unit manager. The classification committee has jurisdiction over annual and special security level reviews,…

(A) There shall be two classes of contraband as defined in this rule. Contraband is classified as "major" or "minor" contraband. This distinction shall determine the method or manner of disposition of such contraband.(1) "Major contraband," as used in this rule, refers to items p…

(A) The "prison nursery program" is a program of the department of rehabilitation and correction that permits certain incarcerated women and the children born to them while incarcerated to reside together while the mother serves her sentence.(B) Pregnant inmates received into the…

(A) In conjunction with the Ohio department of health, the department of rehabilitation and correction shall conduct human immunodeficiency virus (hereafter "HIV") testing on all inmates upon admission.(B) Testing for HIV at other times can be required of an inmate when ordered b…

(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide health care to incarcerated offenders under its custody based upon individual assessment of their medical needs in accordance with the best use of available resources and recognized correctional health care standar…

(A) Nonprofit faith-based, business, professional, civic, educational, and community organizations that wish to enter institutions under the control of the department for the purpose of providing reentry services to inmates shall be first registered with the department upon the a…

(A) For the purposes of this rule, the following terms are defined as follows :(1) DAG-71 - the federal form application for the transfer of federally forfeited property.(2) Equitable sharing account - a separate revenue account exclusively for the proceeds from the disposition o…

11.15 PDF: (A) Facility director: A "facility director" is a person designated as the head of community correctional center, halfway house resident center, or other suitable facility.(B) Supervising authority: The "supervising authority" shall be the supervision sections of the a…

11.15 PDF: (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, division of parole and community services (DP&CS) shall recover from offenders under supervision on or after the effective date of this rule, a supervision fee, pursuant to division (D)(5) of section 5120.56 of the R…

11.15 PDF: (A) Except as provided in rule 5120:1-1-06 of the Administrative Code for shock parole, rule 5120:1-1-40 of the Administrative Code for parole of dying prisoners and section 2967.18 of the Revised Code for emergency paroles, no inmate serving an indefinite sentence sha…

11.15 PDF: (A) Former section 2967.31 of Revised Code provides the parole board with the discretion to release on parole a prisoner sentenced prior to the repeal date of the statute, July 1, 1996, who is confined in a state correctional facility, at any time after serving six mon…

11.15 PDF: (A) An inmate may be released on or about the date of his eligibility for release, unless the parole board, acting pursuant to rule 5120:1-1-10 of the Administrative Code, determines that he should not be released on such date for one or more of the following reasons:(…

19.03 PDF: (A) A full board hearing shall be conducted by the parole board regarding the proposed parole or re-parole of an offender under the following circumstances:(1) A board hearing officer, board member, or the office of victims' services petitions the board for a full boar…

11.15 PDF: (A) The initial hearing for each inmate who is parole eligible shall be held on or about the date when the prisoner first becomes eligible for parole pursuant to rule 5120:1-1-03 of the Administrative Code.(B) In any case in which parole is denied at a inmate's regular…

19.03 PDF: (A) A hearing shall be held by the parole board prior to the release of an inmate in a state correctional institution pursuant to rule 5120:1-1-07 of the Administrative Code.(B) The decisions of the parole board which result from the hearings shall be recorded and publ…

11.15 PDF: (A) The parole board shall impose upon the releasee such conditions of release as it deems reasonably necessary to ensure that the releasee will lead a law-abiding life and to assist the releasee in leading a law-abiding life.(B) The parole board shall impose the follo…

11.15 PDF: (A) A parolee who has faithfully performed all the conditions of his parole and who has obeyed the rules of parole established by the adult parole authority shall be granted a final release by the authority upon the written recommendation of the superintendent of parol…

19.03 PDF: (A) The adult parole authority will make staff available to meet with the victim, the victim's representative, or one or more members of the victim's immediate family as defined in section 2967.12 of the Revised Code to discuss the potential release of an inmate schedu…

19.03 PDF: (A) All applications for pardon, reprieve or commutation of sentence shall be made in writing to the parole board.(B) When an application for a pardon, reprieve or commutation of sentence is filed with the parole board, the parole board shall conduct such investigation…

19.03 PDF: (A) Whenever an offender absconds from the supervision of the adult parole authority, such fact shall be reported in writing by the unit supervisor, or supervising officer of the offender, to the chief of the adult parole authority or designee pursuant to the policies …

19.03 PDF: (A) Pursuant to rules 5120:1-1-12 and 5120:1-1-41 of the Administrative Code, the parole board has significant discretion to impose conditions of release and post-release control sanctions designed to protect the public and promote the offender's successful reintegrati…

19.03 PDF: (A) If the decision is made to commence revocation proceedings pursuant to section 2967.15 of the Revised Code or to report a violation of a post-release control sanction to the parole board for a hearing pursuant to division (F)(3) of section 2967.28 of the Revised Co…

19.03 PDF: (A) If, after a hearing provided for in rule 5120:1-1-18 of the Administrative Code, a person's release is revoked, whether or not the person shall be considered for further release prior to the expiration of his sentence depends upon the type of release and sentence o…

11.15 PDF: (A) The adult parole authority shall revoke the release of any releasee who is recommitted to the department of rehabilitation and correction to serve a prison term for a felony sentence imposed upon him by any court in Ohio for an offense he committed while on any rel…

11.15 PDF: (A) Whenever a supervising officer has reason to believe, based upon reliable information or observation, that an offender appears to be mentally ill or intellectually disabled and in need of treatment which requires hospitalization or other special care, such informat…

11.15 PDF: Within three days of an offender's release on supervision, the adult parole authority will verify that sexually oriented and child-victim oriented offenders register personally with the sheriff within three days of release. Verification will be made in accordance with …

19.03 PDF: (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall have the authority to file a detainer against an offender or otherwise cause the arrest of an offender by the issuance of a detainer whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such offender has violated …

11.15 PDF: (A) No inmate shall be released from an institution when a detainer has been placed against the inmate by lawful authorities to answer for criminal charges or completion of sentence within the jurisdiction of such authorities, except pursuant to this rule and:(1) Inter…

19.03 PDF: (A) An offender under adult parole authority supervision who is in violation of his or her conditions of supervision or sanction and is apprehended outside the state of Ohio and held in the custody of an arresting or confining authority may be released to an Ohio detai…

19.03 PDF: (A) The adult parole authority, in order to discharge its duties under Chapters 2967. and 5149. of the Revised Code, may enter into a contract with a private person or entity for the return of Ohio prisoners who are the responsibility of the department of rehabilitatio…

19.03 PDF: (A) Documents of the adult parole authority, including the parole board, shall be subject to rule 5120-9-49 of the Administrative Code.(B) In addition, and subject to the same limitations, the following documents of the adult parole authority, including the parole boar…

11.15 PDF: (A) All personnel of the adult parole authority eligible by statute may carry firearms in the performance of their duties with the adult parole authority as authorized by this rule.(B) No firearms may be carried by such personnel of the adult parole authority without c…

11.15 PDF: (A) Parole officers in the exercise of their legal duties as supervisors of a large number of parolees, releasees, and community control offenders, some of whom have a history of aggressive violent behavior, may occasionally be confronted with situations which make it …

19.03 PDF: (A) As used in this rule:(1) "Imminent danger of death" means that the inmate has a medically diagnosable condition that will cause death to occur within a short period of time. "Within a short period of time" means generally within six months.(2) "Medically incapacita…

19.03 PDF: (A) The parole board shall review journal entries of offenders sentenced to a prison term for an offense committed on or after July 1, 1996, to determine if post-release control sanction(s) will be imposed and in effect upon the prisoner's release from imprisonment. Po…

19.03 PDF: (A) When an offender under a period of post-release control pursuant to section 2967.28 of the Revised Code has completed the period of post-release control, has the period of post-release control terminated by a court pursuant to section 2929.141 of the Revised Code, …

19.03 PDF: (A) For purposes of this rule, "offender" means a sexually violent predator who is sentenced to a prison term pursuant to section 2971.03 of the Revised Code.(B) If a court imposes an indefinite prison term consisting of a minimum term fixed by the court from among the…

11.15 PDF: (A) Each twelve-day jail, as defined in paragraph (A)(2) of rule 5120:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code, shall adhere to the following standards regarding the reception and release of inmates. Each twelve-day jail shall implement policies and procedures, and produce do…

11.15 PDF: (A) (Important) Each twelve-day facility shall have a written inmate classification system that specifies the criteria and procedures for determining and changing the classification of an inmate to determine the level of custody required, special needs, housing assignm…

11.15 PDF: (A) Each twelve-day facility shall maintain the following standards in regard to the security of the jail.(1) (Essential) An established security perimeter.(2) (Essential) A secure booking and release area.(3) (Essential) Temporary weapons storage lockers or other secu…