Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Richland Correctional Institution
Address
P. O. Box 8107
1001 Olivesburg Road
Mansfield, Ohio 44905
Phone
(419) 526-2100; Fax (419) 521-2810
Email for General Inquiries
Video Tour
Institutional Information
| Date Opened | 1998 | ||||||||
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| Total Acreage | 78 | ||||||||
| Accreditation Status | Yes | ||||||||
| Total Security Staff | 250 | ||||||||
| Total Staff | 437 | ||||||||
| FY13 GRF Budget |
$36,254,640 | ||||||||
| (subject to monthly review and adjustment) | |||||||||
| Daily Cost Per Inmate | $40.32 | ||||||||
| Population as of 04/13 | 2,502 | ||||||||
| Black Inmates | 1,250 | ||||||||
| White Inmates | 1,168 | ||||||||
| Other Inmates | 84 | ||||||||
| Escapes/Walkways 2012 | |||||||||
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Security Level Descriptions:
- 1 = Minimum Security
- 2 = Medium Security
- 3 = Close Security
- 4 = Maximum Security
- 5 = Administrative Maximum
Visiting
Please do not plan on arriving at the institution prior to 7:15 a.m.
- Visiting is by reservation only. Please call 419-526-2100, Extension 0, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. or Saturday and Sunday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to make a reservation.
- Visiting hours are held Tuesday through Saturday, 7:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Visitors must arrive no later than 2 p.m. No visits on holidays.
- Visiting hours are subject to change without notice. Please call the institution to verify visiting hours before planning a visit.
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.
Volunteers in Prison
Richland Correctional Institution is committed to recruiting dedicated and resourceful volunteers to assist in reentry efforts by providing services to offenders. For additional information on these opportunities or the application process, please contact Lamont T. Sapp at 419-526-2100, ext. 2247 or via email at Lamont.Sapp@odrc.state.oh.us
Unique Programs
- Pound Puppy Program: The Pound Puppy program trains 7 to 8 dogs each cycle, which lasts 7 weeks. The dogs are taught 5 basic commands and 2 certified instructor volunteers are utilized from the Richland County Dog Kennel Club. The program works in conjunction with Kind Hands 4 Paws (Zanesville), Logan County Shelter (Bellevue), and Mid Ohio Animal Welfare League.
- Family Life Center: The Family Life Center seeks to provide offenders with a variety of programming needs to help build the bridge between incarcerated fathers and their children. Program opportunities that assist in that mission include Responsible Family Life Skills, Success After Prison, From the Inside Out, Victim Awareness, Financial Management and Reclaiming American Citizenship.
- PROVE: The Personal Responsibility of Violence Elimination program focuses on offenders whose crimes include domestic violence behavior. The 13-week program aims at increasing awareness of the offenders' behavior while providing avenues to change.
- 90 Day Intensive Outpatient Program: This program is provided by Recovery Services staff and functions to instill knowledge into offenders regarding the disease of chemical dependency and its effect on the various areas of the offenders' life. This is approached in a holistic manner rather than strictly discussing substance abuse, and offenders receive 9 hours of group work for 12 weeks.
Inmate Programs
Community Service
- Pound Puppy Program
- ToyTime
- Stamps for Kids
- Reading Room Narrator
- Dog Grooming
Academic
- Pre-GED
- GED
- Literacy unit
- Post secondary education
- Transitional Education Programming
Adoptable Dog Program
Many institutions participate in fostering and training abandoned dogs for adoption.
Vocational
- Administrative office technology
- Auto collision repair
- Baking
- Barbering
- Carpentry
- Graphic occupations
- Turf management
- Visual Communications
- Drafting
- Drywall
- Apprenticeships in plumbing, electrician, maintenance, animal trainer, carpenter, cook, HVAC and building maintenance repair
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 prison.
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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