Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Ohio Reformatory for Women

Institutional Information

Date Opened	1916
Total Acreage	257.8
Accreditation Status	Yes
Total Security Staff	250
Total Staff	467
GRF Budget	$42,352,274
(subject to monthly review and adjustment)
Daily Cost Per Inmate	$50.56
Population as of 1/10	2,515
Black Inmates	746
White Inmates	1,753
Other Inmates	16
Escapes/Walkways 2010	0
Security Levels	1's - 1,093 2's - 977 3's - 438 4's - 6 Death Row 1

Security Level Descriptions:

• 1 = Minimum Security
• 2 = Medium Security
• 3 = Close Security
• 4 = Maximum Security
• 5 = Administrative Maximum

Visiting

7:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (morning session) Visitors must arrive before 9:30 a.m. for the morning session or will not be permitted to visit.

12:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. (afternoon session) Visitors must arrive before 2:30 p.m. for the afternoon session or will not be permitted to visit.

Visiting will continue to be scheduled by the toll-free reservation line or in-person while you are visiting.  Confirmation numbers will now be given at the time of reservation and must be given to the visiting officer when arriving for the visit.

Visiting Reservation Line number is 1-866-286-0033

The reservation line number is open the following times to receive calls:

• 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

• 12:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Visiting is closed on Monday, Tuesday and all state holidays. 

For general visiting information or to download a visitor application, go to our visiting page.

Phone Calls

Reception inmates generally have access to the phones 5 days per week, normally during the hours of 2 to 4 in the afternoon or 6 to 8 in the evening. Phones are restricted on Wednesdays due to mass orientation.

If you have a friend or family member in prison who would like to have telephone contact with you, the first telephone contact you will receive will be an AUTOMATED CALL from Global Tel Link, the provider of our inmate phone services.  This call will ask your permission to add your phone number to the inmate's CALL ALLOW LIST.  This AUTOMATED SYSTEM will call your phone number 3 times a day for 5 days until it receives a YES or NO response.  Once you have answered yes to this call, any subsequent call attempts will be allowed to go to your number, unless there is a billing problem with your number.

The main customer service phone number for Global Tel Link is 1-800-231-0193.  If you need to set up a direct bill account with Global Tel Link, you will need to contact them at 1-877-873-8567.  To set up a Pre-Paid account on your home phone or cell phone, you will need to call 1-877-372-4330.  Global Tel Link provides a 20% discount off its normal collect call rate for those customers who choose to use the PRE-PAID ACCOUNT.

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

• The Short Term Offender Unit is designed to service offenders that are newly received into the prison that are serving sentences of 90 days or less.  The curriculum for the program was designed to enable the offenders by providing suitable programming that is accelerated to enhance their reentry back into the community. Daily classes on Life Skills, Coping Strategies, Family Services, Health and Wellness, Recovery Issues, Job Readiness, Dressing for Success, Finance Management  and other topics  make up this  comprehensive curriculum for the Short Term Offender program and address the 8 Reentry Domains of education, employment, marital and family , associates and social interaction, substance abuse, community functioning, personal and emotional and attitude. 
• Therapeutic Community (TC) are long-term (6-12 months) residential Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) treatment programs. The TC approach views AOD abuse as a reflection of chronic deficits in social, vocational, familial, economic, and personality development. The aim of the Therapeutic Community is to promote pro-social behavior, attitudes, and values as a method to attain abstinence from alcohol and other drugs and eliminate antisocial behaviors. The TC’s at ORW and Pickaway are collaborative efforts between the Ohio DR&C and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.
• Mom and Kids Day:  During the first weekend in June and the first weekend in December, incarcerated mothers, children, and other family members are permitted to spend the entire day together to celebrate the holiday.  A variety of games, conversation, food and entertainment provide the families with an atmosphere of love, closeness, and sharing.  This special visitation program promotes family reunification.

Achieving Baby Care Success (ABC's)

Child development experts have determined that infants must bond with their mother in the first few months of life or their emotional and intellectual functioning is impaired.

In June 2001, ORW opened Ohio's only nursery program within an institution. The Achieving Baby Care Success (ABC'S) Program allows incarcerated pregnant inmates to maintain custody of their infants after they are born. Each participant has an individualized treatment plan so that the problems that resulted in her incarceration are thoroughly addressed.

Hands-on parenting instruction is available for every mother in the program. Eligible mothers for the program are screened and must be serving a short-term sentence for a non-violent crime. The criteria for the program ensures that the mothers and infants leave the institution together. There are currently 9 babies in the nursery

Inmate Programs