Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Columbus Regional APA Office

The mission of the Adult Parole Authority is to protect the public from violence and other crime through the building and sharing of offender information with victims, the courts and other criminal justice agencies, and to provide supervision of offenders who are in the community, utilizing strategies aimed at rehabilitation, incapacitation, and when necessary, punishment.

Regional Information

Fiscal Year	2009
Number of Staff	125
Parole/Probation Officers	71
Counties Served	Clark, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway, Fairfield, Madison
Total Number of Offenders Supervised (September 2009)	3,821
Male	3,272
White	1,694
Black	1,535
Other	43
Female	549
White	356
Black	186
Other	7

Offenders By Release Type

Community Control	667
Post Release Control	1,944
Parole	358
Probation	15
Other	837

Unique Programs

The Columbus Region APA continues to be a member of the Community Advisory Council, which includes Pickaway Correctional Institution and the Correctional Reception Center. The advisory council is working with the residents of the local community to repair and develop relationships through information sharing, training and networking.

The Columbus APA is a member of the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) which is administered by the US Marshal's Office and includes membership from several law enforcement agencies in Central and Southern Ohio. The team is responsible for tracking and apprehending violent felons.

Columbus APA has membership on the Urban League Violent Crime Prevention Initiative Advisory Board. This is a pilot project modeled after a very successful program in Florida ran by the Office of the Attorney General.

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