Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Allen Correctional Institution
Address
P. O. Box 4501
2338 North West Street
Lima, Ohio 45801
Phone
(419) 224-8000; Fax (419) 224-5828
Email for General Inquiries
Video Tour
Institutional Information
| Date Opened | 1987 | ||||||
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| Total Acreage | 78 | ||||||
| Accreditation Status | Yes | ||||||
| Total Security Staff | 207 | ||||||
| Total Staff | 333 | ||||||
| FY 12 GRF Budget |
$29,485,225 | ||||||
| (subject to monthly review and adjustment) | |||||||
| Daily Cost Per Inmate | $62.71 | ||||||
| Population as of 12/11 | 1,362 | ||||||
| Black Inmates | 580 | ||||||
| White Inmates | 760 | ||||||
| Other Inmates | 22 | ||||||
| Escapes/Walkways 2011 | 0 | ||||||
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Security Level Descriptions:
- 1 = Minimum Security
- 2 = Medium Security
- 3 = Close Security
- 4 = Maximum Security
- 5 = Administrative Maximum
Visiting Information
Hours
General Population Visiting Hours
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Monday - Thursday 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (All Day Visits)
Friday - Sunday 7:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (Morning Session)
11:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (Afternoon Session) -
Visitors will not be processed after 2:15 p.m., inmates will not be processed after 10:15 a.m.
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Visiting is closed on all State Holidays.
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Visiting hours are subject to change without notice. Please call the institution to verify visiting hours before planning a visit.
General Population Visiting Hours
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Please contact the institution visiting office at 419-224-8000 ext. 3005 for information on special housing visitation.
Reservations
- Visiting reservations are required for all visits that occur on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
- Reservations are accepted 30 days in advance.
- Approved visitors may make a reservation by calling 419-224-8000 ext. 3005, Monday - Friday, between the hours of 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Institution-Specific Visiting Information
- Visiting is limited to a maximum of three visitors per inmate at one time, with some exception for children. The inmate's minor children are permitted as additional visitors, when visiting with the non-inmate parent or guardian. Children over the age of 1 year who are not the inmate's child shall count to the three visitor limit.
For general visiting information or to download a visitor application, please go to our visiting page.
Phone Calls
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Information on inmate telephone service and access is located at Offender Phone Services.
Correspondence
- Information on written correspondence may be found at Offender Mail and Packages.
Unique Programs
- Bonds Beyond Bars is a program specifically designed for girls in the scouting program to spend time with their fathers who are incarcerated. Together the fathers and daughters participate in troop activities in the ACI visiting room. These girls visit every other week.
- My Child and I is a program designed to increase an offender's knowledge of family responsibility and patterned behavior cycles and provide a more positive environment for family relationship building or rebuilding.
Inmate Programs
Industries
- Garment shop
Community Service
- Reading books on tape
- Repairing chairs and tables for local churches and schools
- Collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House
- Construction and refinishing picnic tables for Lima Parks and Recreation
- Coloring multiplication flashcards for Crayons to Computer
- Litter pick up for the city of Lima
- Maintenance projects for Lima City Parks and Recreation Department
- Assisting with the Salvation Army and West Ohio Food Bank food drives
- Painting at the Lima YMCA Annex Building
- General maintenance at the New Hope Development Center
- American Red Cross - Pop Tabs and Fundraising
- Renovation of the Safety City Building
- ACI recycling program
Adoptable Dog Program
Many institutions participate in fostering and training abandoned dogs for adoption.
Academic
- Adult Basic Education
- Pre-GED
- GED
- University of Findlay
- Literacy Program
Vocational
- Power equipment technology
- Turf Management
- Specific training includes: using hand tools, electrical repairs, carpentry repairs, plumbing repairs, masonry repairs, general maintenance, roofing repairs, life skills
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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