Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Address
2000 South Avon-Belden Road
Grafton, Ohio 44044
Phone
(440) 748-5000; Fax (440) 748-5010
Email for General Inquiries
Privately
Operated
Facility
Video Tour
Institutional Information
| Date Opened | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Total Acreage | 155 |
| Accreditation Status | Yes |
| Total Security Staff | 108 |
| Total Staff | 164 |
| FY11 GRF Budget |
$14,962,645 |
| (subject to monthly review and adjustment) | |
| Daily Cost Per Inmate | $59.60 |
| Population as of 12/11 | 698 |
| Black Inmates | 338 |
| White Inmates | 329 |
| Other Inmates | 31 |
| Escapes/Walkways 2011 | 0 |
| Security Level | 1 |
Security Level Descriptions:
- 1 = Minimum Security
- 2 = Medium Security
- 3 = Close Security
- 4 = Maximum Security
- 5 = Administrative Maximum
Visiting
- Fridays, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Saturdays and Sundays, 7:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
For general visiting information or to download a visitor application, go to our visiting page.
Correspondence
- Written correspondence to inmates must include the inmate's name and number on the envelope and be addressed to the appropriate institution.
Unique Programs
- PawPrints on the Community is based on the Pound Puppy Apprenticeship Program. It is a type of on-the-job training program for inmates to utilize the dog training skills they have acquired during their participation in the apprenticeship. This program lasts 6 weeks and is free to the public participants. Participants from the general public bring their dogs into the prison, where inmate dog handlers assist in instructing the owners and their dogs. The dogs are taught basic obedience and behavior modification. The program is run on Wednesday evenings.
Inmate Programs
Community Service
- Crayons to Computers
- Ohio Reads
- Ronald McDonald House
- City of North Ridgeville - highway clean up
- Vegetable Garden - growing vegetables for Lorain County 2nd Harvest Food Bank
- Ohio Department of Health
- Boy Scout Camp - Wakeman, Ohio
- Pound Puppy
- MADD
Adoptable Dog Program
Many institutions participate in fostering and training abandoned dogs for adoption.
Academic
- GED
- Pre-GED
- Laubach Training
Vocational
- Cooks Apprenticeship
- Automated Office Technologies
- Janitor Apprenticeship
- Pound Puppy Apprenticeship
Religious Services
Reading Room
In 2000, former First Lady Hope Taft approached the Director about establishing a reading room for the children who visited their incarcerated parent at the Pickaway Correctional Institution. This idea spread across the state, and now the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction maintains children’s reading rooms in each of the 32 institutions.
The reading rooms encourage family literacy by providing a pleasant and comfortable setting for both child and incarcerated parent. Each room is stocked with a wide variety of children’s books and has an inmate narrator who reads to the visiting children twice a day. The role of the inmate narrator is to read picture books to the children in much the same manner that children’s hour would be done at a public library.
A variety of arts and craft supplies for the children are also available in most of the rooms. Many of the supplies and books are donated by employees and service organizations.
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