Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5145 - Penitentiary

• Section 5145.01 - Length Of Sentences.
  Courts shall impose sentences to a state correctional institution for felonies pursuant to sections 2929.13 and 2929.14 of the Revised Code. All prison terms...
• Section 5145.02 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 5145.03 - Rules For Government And Employment Of Prisoners.
  (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction, subject to the approval of the governor, shall make any rules for the government of prisoners that...
• Section 5145.04 - Maintaining Control Of Prisoners - Daily Record Of Conduct.
  The department of rehabilitation and correction shall maintain the control over prisoners committed to its custody that prevents them from committing crime, secure their...
• Section 5145.05 - Contents Of Daily Record Of Conduct.
  The department of rehabilitation and correction, upon the register required to be maintained by section 5145.04 of the Revised Code, shall enter notes of...
• Section 5145.06 - Ohio Central School System.
  (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish and operate a school system that is approved and chartered by the department of education...
• Section 5145.07 To 5145.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-06-1994
• Section 5145.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 5145.12 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-06-1994
• Section 5145.13 - Monthly Reports Of Management And Progress Of School.
  The superintendent of the elementary day school for uneducated prisoners in the penitentiary shall make monthly reports to the department of rehabilitation and correction...
• Section 5145.14 - Labor Or Services.
  Labor or service shall not be performed by a prisoner within a correctional institution, unless the labor or service is expressly authorized by rules...
• Section 5145.15 - Employing Prisoners In Certain Work For The State.
  The department of rehabilitation and correction may, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 5145.03 of the Revised Code, employ...
• Section 5145.16 - Work Programs.
  (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall establish work programs in some form of labor for as many prisoners as possible who are...
• Section 5145.161 - Program For Employment Of Prisoners.
  (A) The program for the employment of prisoners within the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction that the department is required to...
• Section 5145.162 - Office Of Enterprise Development Advisory Board.
  (A) There is hereby created the office of enterprise development advisory board to advise and assist the department of rehabilitation and correction with the...
• Section 5145.163 - Insurnace For Participants In Federal Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Customer model enterprise" means an enterprise conducted under a federal prison industries enhancement certification program in which...
• Section 5145.17 - Contracts For Sale Of Roadmaking Materials.
  (A) The department of rehabilitation and correction may make contracts for the sale of roadmaking materials prepared by prisoners pursuant to section 5145.15 of...
• Section 5145.18 - Printing Or Binding.
  Any printing or binding performed in a state correctional institution may be performed for the use of the institution, the departments of mental health...
• Section 5145.19, 5145.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-06-1994
• Section 5145.21 - Arrest And Return Of Escaped Prisoner.
  The warden of a state correctional institution shall arrest and again commit to the institution a convict who escapes from the institution and is...
• Section 5145.22 - Record Of Vital Statistics And Medical Records.
  (A) The chief physician shall keep a correct record of vital statistics of the penitentiary, containing the name, nationality or race, weight, stature, former...
• Section 5145.23 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-06-1994
• Section 5145.24 - Administrative Release For Certain Escapees.
  (A) The director of rehabilitation and correction may grant an administrative release, as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code, to a prisoner...
• Section 5145.25, 5145.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-06-1994
• Section 5145.27 - Prohibited Acts.
  No officer or employee of a state correctional institution, contractor, or the employee of such contractor, shall make a present to, receive a present...
• Section 5145.28 - Participation In Research Program.
  With the approval of the director of rehabilitation and correction, convicts in state correctional institutions may voluntarily participate, as research subjects, in medical research...
• Section 5145.29 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-26-1961
• Section 5145.30 - Exercise Activity And Equipment - Clothing.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Free weight exercise equipment" means any equipment or device that is designed to increase the muscle mass...
• Section 5145.31 - Improper Internet Access - State Penitentiary.
  (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 5145.32 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Last modified: October 10, 2016