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...No officer of employee of a state correctional institution, contractor, or the employee of such contractor, shall make a present to, receive a present from, or have barter or dealings with a convict. An officer shall not receive compensation for his services other than that prescribed by law, or for an act or service which he performs for or on behalf of a contractor, or the agent, or employee of such contractor....

...With the approval of the director of rehabilitation and correction, convicts in state correctional institutions may voluntarily participate, as research subjects, in medical research programs approved by the director. Any remuneration received from a researcher for participation by convict volunteer research subjects shall be paid into the prisoner's aid fund to provide books and other educational materials for the i...

...on, in rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to increase muscle mass and physical strength. (2) Fixed weight exercise equipment means any equipment, machine, or device that is not designed primarily to increase muscle mass and physical strength but rather to keep a person in relatively good physical condition. Fixed weight exercise equipment includes, but is not li...

...(A) As used in this section, "computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No officer or employee of a correctional institution under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide a prisoner access to or permit a prisone...

...Every officer or employee of a correctional institution under the control or supervision of the department of rehabilitation and correction, and every contractor, or employee of such contractor, upon entering the grounds of a state correctional institution, shall be subject to screening to prevent the conveyance of drugs of abuse into the institution.

...ctured 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 furnished and issues a waiver under s...

...ease 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 person is engaged between periods of confinement in the person's regular trade or occupation for the support of the person or the person's family. This section does not a...

...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.

... 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.

...ouse. This section does not prevent the employment by any political subdivision of any person so confined, elsewhere than within the jail or workhouse where that person has been committed.

... 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.

... 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 prescribed for their confinement in such jail or workhouse.

... 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 workhouse for failure to pay a fine in criminal prosecution, or who plead insolvency or inability to pay such fine. A person confined for failure to pay a fine shall be rel...

...try 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 5147.20 of the Revised Code do not authorize taking a prisoner...

...risonment 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 sentence. If such prisoner becomes abl...

... the service contemplated in sections 5147.01 to 5147.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...try 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 crime for which the prisoner is imprisoned, and the prisone...

...d 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.

...ouse during the hours of the prisoner's employment and go to and from work. The rules shall limit the hours of work-release to the hours of work plus a reasonable period of time for travel to and from the work site. The rules shall require a prisoner requesting additional travel time or modification to the hours of employment to justify the need for the additional travel time or modification to the hours of employmen...

...er expenses incidental to employment; (4) Payment of fines, court costs, and debts acknowledged by the prisoner in writing subsequent to his sentencing or which have resulted in garnishment or other attachment of personal earnings; (5) The balance to the prisoner upon discharge from the sentence. (D) The court may establish rules to determine the amount of the payments that are required to be made under division (...

...and for an account for the prisoner. (4) Require all persons who employ prisoners to meet all applicable work safety standards. (F) The jail industry board, with the approval of the county sheriff, shall adopt rules for the establishment and administration of the jail industry program. The rules shall provide for all of the following: (1) A procedure for seeking the employment of prisoners in penal industries a...

...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...

...le authority shall administer Chapter 5149. and the provisions of Chapter 2967., Chapter 2971., and sections 2301.27 to 2301.32, 2941.46, 2951.06, and 2951.08 of the Revised Code that impose duties upon the authority. The authority may enter into a written agreement with a person or government entity to share information, personnel, and services for one or more of the following purposes: training, crime interdicti...

...d 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.