Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Ohio State Penitentiary
Address
878 Coitsville-Hubbard Road
Youngstown, Ohio 44505
Phone
(330) 743-0700; Fax (330) 743-0841
Email for General Inquiries
Video Tour
Institutional Information
| Date Opened | 1998 | ||||||||
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| Total Acreage | 240 | ||||||||
| Accreditation Status | Yes | ||||||||
| Total Security Staff | 276 | ||||||||
| Total Staff | 389 | ||||||||
| FY12 GRF Budget |
$32,401,138 | ||||||||
| (subject to monthly review and adjustment) | |||||||||
| Daily Cost Per Inmate | $149.48 | ||||||||
| Population as of 12/11 | 621 | ||||||||
| Black Inmates | 335 | ||||||||
| White Inmates | 268 | ||||||||
| Hispanic Inmates | 18 | ||||||||
| Escapes/Walkways 2011 | 0 | ||||||||
| Security Levels |
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Security Level Descriptions:
- 1 = Minimum Security
- 2 = Medium Security
- 3 = Close Security
- 4 = Maximum Security
- 5 = Administrative Maximum
Visiting
- Inmate visiting is Wednesday through Sunday 8:30 a.m. a.m. - 2:30 p.m. All approved visitors are welcome. Visitation is by APPOINTMENT ONLY, call (330) 743-0700 x. 2111 to make an appointment. You can also email your visitation reservation to DRC.VisitationOSP@odrc.state.oh.us. Please include your name, the inmate name and number that you wish to visit, and the date and time you are requesting. The Visitation Officer will email you back to confirm if your visitation request is approved.
- Level 1 (OSPC) - Full day visits 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Visits may be scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., or 11:30 a.m. (Wednesday - Friday), or 11:00 a.m. (Saturday and Sunday).
- Death Row/Level 5/Level 4 - 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (half day visits).
- Death Row - Full day visit sessions can be scheduled for Wednesday - Friday, but will count as two visits. Only half day visits on the weekend.
For general visiting information or to download a visitor application, go to our visiting page.
Video Visiting
Offenders at the Ohio State Penitentiary may participate in video visitation with approved visitors. More information may be found on the 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
- STEPS: Success Through Each Powerful Steps - provides a basic understanding of the Twelve Steps' principles and how to apply them to daily living. Participants will learn how the steps can be applied in their daily lives to bring about positive changes and desired personal growth. Content areas include: Identify of 12 steps, concept of each step, application of each step, personal benefits, and problem solving model.
- AOD Education and Orientation - examines use, abuse and progression to addiction. Provides factual information and examines personal use history. Content areas include: use, development of addiction, symptoms, effects, treatment options, community resources, treatment process and expectations.
Inmate Programs
Community Service
- Inmate speak out program
- WAGS Dog Program
- Jubilee Gardens
- Martin Luther King Elementary School Adopt-A-School
- Sojourner House
Adoptable Dog Program
Many institutions participate in fostering and training abandoned dogs for adoption.
Academic
- Adult Basic Education
- Pre-GED
- GED
- Reentry
- Short Term Offender Unit
Religious Services
- Complete listing of available programming/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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