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...(A) As used in this rule and rules 5120-9-08 and 5120-9-11 of the Administrative Code: "Restrictive housing" means a housing placement that requires an inmate to be confined to a cell at least twenty-two hours per day. (B) An inmate may be placed in and/or transferred to a restrictive housing assignment: (1) When needed to facilitate an investigation prior to the issuance of a conduct report, o...

...(A) Attorney visits (1) Attorneys of record may visit inmates during regular visiting hours. Where there is no evidence of an attorney of record or when an attorney other than the attorney of record requests visiting privileges, the attorney must provide a copy of a written statement, redacting any confidential or privileged information, from the inmate or a member of the inmate's family requesti...

...(A) As used in this rule: (1) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life. (2) "Mentally ill person subject to hospitalization" means a mentally ill person to whom any of the following applies because of the person's me...

...(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall respond to an inmate escape in a manner which maximizes the safety of the general public while engaging in actions designed to apprehend the escapee(s). (B) Each institution shall establish a specific prevention, escape and apprehension action plan which includes institution specific instructions for preventing an escape, and in the event of an escape: report...

...(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction responds to an inmate escape in a manner which maximizes the safety of the general public while engaging in actions designed to apprehend the escapee(s). (B) Each institution establishes a specific prevention, escape and apprehension action plan which includes institution specific instructions for preventing an escape, and in the event of an...

...(A) Pursuant to section 5120.06 of the Revised Code, the director shall establish the office of the chief inspector and prescribe the powers and duties of said division. The chief inspector shall serve as a deputy director, in the unclassified service, equivalent in status to all other deputy directors within the department of rehabilitation and correction. The chief inspector shall report directly to the director...

...(A) Pursuant to section 5120.06 of the Revised Code, the director shall establish the office of the chief inspector and prescribe the powers and duties of said division. The chief inspector shall serve as a deputy director, in the unclassified service, equivalent in status to all other deputy directors and report directly to the director and assistant director of the department of rehabilitation and correction. (B)...

...(A) The department of rehabilitation and correction (DRC) shall provide inmates with access to an inmate grievance procedure. This procedure is designed to address inmate complaints related to any aspect of institutional life that directly and personally affects the grievant. This may include complaints regarding the application of policies, procedures, conditions of confinement, or the actions of...

...(A) In addition to the state-provided basic necessities, inmates may be permitted, subject to the limitations and conditions described in this rule, to possess certain items of personal property, which are not state issued. (B) Excluding large titled items (e.g., televisions and typewriters etc.), state issued bedding, coats/jackets, and permitted shoes, an inmate may not possess more than 2.4 cubic feet of combined...

...(A) In addition to the state-provided basic necessities, inmates may be permitted, subject to the limitations and conditions described in this rule, to possess certain items of personal property, which are not state issued. (B) Excluding large titled items (e.g., televisions and typewriters etc.), and state issued property, an inmate may not possess more than 2.4 cubic feet of combined state and personal property un...

...The purpose of this rule is to afford inmates of state penal institutions, on a selected basis, with adequate security, the opportunity to participate in educational and/or vocational programs, and community service programs which will implement the rehabilitative goal of the correctional system of the state of Ohio. (A) Definitions. As used in this rule the following terms shall mean: (1) "Institution" means any s...

...(A) No inmate shall be permitted to become an active member in any group within an institution until that group has been approved pursuant to this rule. An "unauthorized group" is defined as: (1) An association of two or more persons with common characteristics (e.g., sharing a common interest, activity or purpose; acting in concert on an ongoing or recurrent basis; having a highly organized or loosely structured i...

...(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 court of this state or in any federal court, or who is found by a state court to have brought a malicious civil action or appeal, or who is...

...(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, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the department (B) "Public record" means re...

...(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 inmate caused or attempted to cause actual physical to a person. (B) Inmates who are not likely to pose a threat to the public safety and w...

...(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 inmate caused or attempted to cause actual physical harm to a person. (B) Inmates who are not likely to pose a threat to the public safety ...

...(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 needs to assist in the reentry of the inmate into the community. The director or designee shall establish standard ad...

...(A) Each institution shall establish and maintain a classification committee(s). The committee shall include a unit manager or designee, and other members as appointed by the unit manager. The classification committee shall have jurisdiction over annual and special security level reviews, work assignments, community release screening, transfer requests, and program placement. (B) Prior to a hearing of the classifi...

...(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, work assignments, community release screening, transfer requests, and program placement. (B) Prior to a hearing of the classification comm...

...(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 department of rehabilitation and correction may apply to participate in the prison nursery program. (C) An inmat...

...(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 department of rehabilitation and correction may apply to participate in the prison nursery program. (C) An inmat...

...(A) The transitional control program section of the bureau of community sanctions shall have the following responsibilities: (1) Notify the institutional records office manager concerning the status of each approved prisoner for transfer; (2) Coordinate the transfer and transportation of the prisoner with the prison institution, and the halfway house facility to which the prisoner will be co...

...(A) The transitional control program section of the bureau of community sanctions shall have the following responsibilities: (1) Notify the institutional records office manager concerning the status of each approved prisoner for transfer; (2) Coordinate the transfer and transportation of the prisoner with the prison institution, and the halfway house facility to which the prisoner will be co...

...(A) The adult parole authority may require a prisoner who is transferred to transitional control, including prisoners placed on an electronic monitoring device while under transitional control, to pay a fee to the division of parole and community services for reasonable expenses incurred in supervising or confining the prisoner while in the transitional control program, in accordance with division (E) of section 2967...

...(A) The adult parole authority may require a prisoner who is transferred to transitional control, including prisoners placed on an electronic monitoring device while under transitional control, to pay a fee to the division of parole and community services for reasonable expenses incurred in supervising or confining the prisoner while in the transitional control program, in accordance with division (E) of section 2967...