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...No articles or supplies manufactured under this section or sections 5147.12 to 5147.22 of the Revised Code by the labor of convicts of state correctional institutions shall be purchased from any other source for the state or its institutions unless the department of administrative services, in consultation with the department of rehabilitation and correction, determines that the articles or supplies cannot be furnish...

...The labor or time of any person confined in any workhouse or jail shall not be let, farmed out, given, sold, or contracted to any person. Work performed under a work-release program authorized under section 5147.28 of the Revised Code is not in violation of this section. This section does not apply to any person serving a periodic sentence under division (B) of section 2929.26 of the Revised Code, insofar as that ...

...e of articles used by any department or public institution belonging to or controlled by the political subdivisions supporting or contributing to the support of any such workhouse or jail or to any political subdivision of the state.

...The board or officer in charge of any workhouse or jail may provide, prepare, and procure machinery, power, and shop room for the manufacture of the articles specified in section 5147.13 of the Revised Code, and may employ such persons as may be necessary to instruct persons confined in such workhouses or jails in such manufacture.

...Except for articles manufactured in a county jail industry program established under section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, no articles other than those specified in section 5147.13 of the Revised Code shall be manufactured by the labor of prisoners in any jail or workhouse. This section does not prevent the employment by any political subdivision of any person so confined, elsewhere than within the jail or workhouse w...

... for the construction or maintenance of public roads in such county and employ a superintendent to supervise the work. When such property is purchased or leased, the board shall make the arrangements necessary to work the convicts of the county.

...When the board of county commissioners has secured property and completed arrangements for the working of its prisoners as provided in section 5147.16 of the Revised Code, a court or magistrate may sentence persons convicted of offenses, the punishment of which is, in whole or in part, imprisonment in the county jail or workhouse, to be imprisoned at hard labor within such county for the same terms or periods as are ...

...In counties which have secured property and completed arrangements for the working of their convicts, the board of county commissioners, whenever practicable, shall cause to be worked as provided in sections 5147.01 to 5147.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code, all convicts sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor, and also all male convicts, physically capable of performing hard labor, confined in the county jail or wo...

...Except for prisoners participating in a county jail industry program established under section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, prisoners sentenced to hard labor under section 5147.18 of the Revised Code shall be under the control of the board of county commissioners, which may enact rules for the successful working of those prisoners according to sections 5147.01 to 5147.20 of the Revised Code. Sections 5147.01 to 5147....

...When a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor under section 5147.17 of the Revised Code, becomes sick or incapacitated for work, or the board of county commissioners finds it impracticable to employ him, the prisoner shall be taken forthwith before the court or magistrate which imposed the sentence and he shall be resentenced to confinement in the jail or a workhouse for the unexpired portion of his senten...

...The board of county commissioners may employ a superintendent and such guards and attendants as are necessary for the safekeeping, proper working, and welfare of its convicts, and, in all other respects, shall make efficient the service contemplated in sections 5147.01 to 5147.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Except for prisoners participating in a county jail industry program established under section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, or officer in charge of any workhouse or jail, shall place to the credit of each prisoner the amount of the prisoner's earnings that the board or officer considers equitable and just, taking into consideration the character of the prisoner, the nature of the cr...

...The department of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, may detail, temporarily, from a state correctional institution, with the consent of the managing officer of the institution, any inmates under its control, to perform specified labor.

...(A) The court of common pleas and each municipal and county court in a county in which all of those courts agree on uniform standards may provide by rule for a work-release program to permit any prisoner in a county or city jail or workhouse, other than a prisoner sentenced under a non-suspendable sentence, to be employed with the prisoner's consent outside of the jail or workhouse. In any county in which the common ...

...nt of the county or city for the direct costs of administering the program and the cost of boarding the prisoner in accordance with division (D) of this section; (2) Support of the prisoner's dependents as ordered by the sentencing judge; (3) Necessary travel expenses to and from work and other expenses incidental to employment; (4) Payment of fines, court costs, and debts acknowledged by the prisoner in writing s...

...As used in Chapter 5149. of the Revised Code: (A) "Authority" means the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "State correctional institution," "pardon," "commutation," "reprieve," "parole," "head of a state correctional institution," "convict," "prisoner," "parolee," "final release," and "parole violator" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. ...

...There is hereby created in the division of parole and community services of the department of rehabilitation and correction at bureau level an adult parole authority. The adult parole authority consists of its chief, a field services section, and a parole board. The director of rehabilitation and correction shall appoint the chief of the adult parole authority, one or more superintendents of the field services sec...

...ions that assign the responsibility for costs related to medical care of prisoners while they are being returned that is not covered by insurance of the private person or entity; (b) Specific provisions that set forth the number of days, not exceeding ten, within which the private person or entity, after it receives the prisoner in the other state, must deliver the prisoner to the location in this state specified by...

...No parole officer employed by the adult parole authority shall be required while engaged in the course of the parole officer's employment or official responsibilities for the adult parole authority to use the parole officer's privately owned motor vehicle to transport any offender, an offender's relatives or associates, or any urine sample.

...endents, shall collect and preserve any records and statistics with respect to offenders that are required by the chief of the authority. The section also shall include other personnel who are necessary for the performance of the section's duties. No person shall be appointed as a superintendent who is not qualified by education or experience in correctional work including law enforcement, probation, or parole work...

...The chief of the adult parole authority may grant an employee permission to carry a firearm in the discharge of the employee's official duties if the employee has successfully completed a basic firearm training program that is approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission. In order to continue to carry a firearm in the discharge of the employee's official duties, the employee annual...

...One of the primary duties of the field services section is to assist the counties in developing their own probation services on either a single-county or multiple-county basis. The section, within limits of available personnel and funds, may supervise selected probationers from local courts.

...ection shall maintain central files and records pertaining to the work of the adult parole authority, and shall coordinate the department's record-keeping with that of the adult parole authority. Additionally, the department shall not later than the first Monday of January of odd-numbered years prepare and submit to the governor for the governor's approval and signature a written report showing each case of par...

...The attorney general is the legal adviser of the adult parole authority, its officers and employees, and neither the authority nor any of its officers or employees shall employ or be represented in its or his official capacity by any other counsel or attorney at law.

...The chief of the division of parole and community services is the principal appointing authority of the adult parole authority, and the chief shall appoint all officers and employees of the authority except for those officers appointed by the director of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5149.02 or division (B) of section 5149.10 of the Revised Code.