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...(A) Discrimination with regards to supervision and administrative actions against any inmate or group of inmates, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or national origin, by any staff member, or by any group or individual representing the department is strictly prohibited. Any substantiated acts of discrimination on the part of staff will be addressed ...

...(A) Immobilizing security restraints may be used for the safety of persons and the security and good order of the institution. Immobilizing security restraints shall never be used as punishment. The use of immobilizing security restraints shall be governed by this rule and rule 5120-9-01 of the Administrative Code. The requirements of this policy shall not govern nor have application in mental health housing or in an...

...(A) Immobilizing security restraints may be used for the safety of persons and the security and good order of the institution. Immobilizing security restraints shall never be used as punishment. The use of immobilizing security restraints shall be governed by this rule and rule 5120-9-01 of the Administrative Code, except. the requirements of this policy will not govern nor have application in men...

...(A) The disciplinary violations defined by this rule shall address acts that constitute an immediate and direct threat to the security or orderly operation of the institution, or to the safety of its staff, visitors and inmates, (including the inmate who has violated the rule,) as well as other violations of institutional or departmental rules and regulations. (B) Dispositions for rule violations are defined in rule...

...(A) The disciplinary violations defined by this rule shall address acts that constitute an immediate and direct threat to the security or orderly operation of the institution, or to the safety of its staff, visitors and inmates, (including the inmate who has violated the rule,) as well as other violations of institutional or departmental rules and regulations. (B) Dispositions for rule violations...

...(A) Scope: This rule governs the procedures for the issuance of a conduct report and procedures to be employed by the hearing officer for determining violations of the inmate rules of conduct, as described in rule 5120-9-06 of the Administrative Code, referring conduct reports to the rules infraction board (RIB) and the documentation of actions. Nothing in this rule shall preclude department staff...

...(A) Scope: This rule governs the procedures for the issuance of a conduct report and procedures to be employed by the hearing officer for determining violations of the inmate rules of conduct, as described in rule 5120-9-06 of the Administrative Code, referring conduct reports to the rules infraction board (RIB) and the documentation of actions. Nothing in this rule precludes department staff from...

...(A) Scope: This rule governs the procedures employed before the rules infraction board for determining violations of the inmate rules of conduct, as described in rule 5120-9-06 of the Administrative Code, appealing those determinations, and the documenting of those actions. Nothing in this rule shall preclude department staff from referring such inmate conduct to law enforcement for prosecution as...

...(A) Scope: This rule governs the procedures employed before the rules infraction board for determining violations of the inmate rules of conduct, as described in rule 5120-9-06 of the Administrative Code, appealing those determinations, and the documenting of those actions. Nothing in this rule precludes department staff from referring such inmate conduct to law enforcement for prosecution as a cr...

...(A) An inmate may be placed in and/or transferred to a limited privilege housing assignment: (1) When needed to facilitate an investigation for the issuance of a conduct report, other administrative action or criminal prosecution. (2) Pending a hearing before the RIB; (3) Pending transfer to another institution; (4) When the inmate has been found guilty through the processes set forth in rule 5120-9-07 or 5120-9-...

...(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) Subject to the time frames set forth in this rule, an inmate may be placed in a limited privilege housing assignment or a restrictive housing assignment to facilitate an investigation for the issuance of a conduct report, other administrative action or criminal prosecution. (B) Placements shall not be in a restrictive housing assignment unless the inmate poses a threat or danger to himsel...

...(A) Mail in the form of first class letters or electronic mail addressed to an inmate shall not be withheld except as provided in this rule. There shall be no limitation on the number of first class letters that an inmate may receive nor the number of persons with whom an inmate may correspond. (B) Inspection of incoming mail: (1) All mail, including electronic mail, other than legal mail, s...

...(A) As used in this rule:, (1) "Printed materials" means any publication, document or record including, but not limited to, the following: Newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, books, photographs, and drawings. Printed materials may be new or used. (a) For purposes of this rule, the term "printed materials" does not include either personal letters; or (b) Advertising mail as described in paragraph (J) ...

...(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...

...The warden of each institution shall appoint an individual to serve as the inspector of institutional services. As appropriate, the warden may also appoint an assistant inspector of institutional services. Screening, interviewing, and selecting individuals for both positions requires the participation of the chief inspector or designee. The inspector of institutional services shall report directly to the warden, w...

...(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) 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...

...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) 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) 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...