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Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Madison Correctional Institution

Address

P. O. Box 740
1851 State Route 56
London, Ohio 43140

Phone

(740) 852-9777

Fax

(740) 852-3666

Warden

Video Tour

Directions

Warden Brian Cook

Institutional Information

Date Opened 1987
Total Acreage 125
Accreditation Status Yes
Total Security Staff 339
Total Staff 516
Projected FY10 GRF Budget
 $41,488,660
(subject to monthly review and adjustment)
Daily Cost Per Inmate $54.92
Population as of 11/09 2,330
Black Inmates 1,057
White Inmates 1,241
Other Inmates 32
Escapes/Walkways 2009 0
Security Levels
1's - 1,148
2's - 1,001
3's - 113

Security Level Descriptions:

  • 1 = Minimum Security
  • 2 = Medium Security
  • 3 = Close Security
  • 4 = Maximum Security
  • 5 = Administrative Maximum

Visiting

  • STARTING AUGUST 1, 2009:

  • Beginning August 1st:  Walk-ins will be accepted on Monday, Thursday, and Friday on 1st come 1st serve until 1:00 p.m., for those on the approved visiting list, with a minimum of 2-hour visit in the event of an overflow.   We will no longer have AM/PM sessions, we will have “all day” visiting from 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.     (visiting will be closed on Tuesday/Wednesday).

    Reservations will be required for weekends and the following days:  day after Thanksgiving; day before and after Christmas; day before and after New years; and bus days (third Friday of the month); reservations for these days can be made from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm., Thursday – Monday.  At 740-852-1411.  Visitors can visit 4 times per month.  SORRC inmates will have 2 times per month/per visitor.  A “no show/no call” will count as one 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.

Unique Programs

  • The Youthful Offender Program at Madison houses young men between the ages of 14 and 17 years old.  They are received into a living unit specifically designed for this population.  The Youthful Offender Program is maintained by ensuring a structured daily schedule, as well as placing a high priority on each young man obtaining his high school education.  The program is driven by an incentive based system which is structured to encourage mature behavior.  Reentry programming is also offered within this housing unit.
  • Sex Offender Risk Reduction Center (SORRC) provides assessment and basic sex offender education services to all inmates sentenced as or determined to be a sex offender.  The SORRC program provides twenty hours of basic sex offender education with the goal of ensuring that all sex offenders committed to DRC are confronted with the effects of their offenses on their victims and encouraged to take responsibility for their actions.  After completing the program, the inmates are transferred to their parent institution to complete their court ordered sentence.
  • Faith Based Reentry Dorm is a collaborative initiative and includes the following ministries:  Alpha, Celebrate Recovery, Evangelism Explosion, Prison Fellowship, and Promise Keepers.  We have several volunteer ministries as well, offering group and individual mentoring.  Faith Based housing is also available for the men upon their release.

Inmate Programs

Community Service

  • Madison Area Youth Center (ARMORY) – Carpentry work, maintenance and painting
  • Harmony Fire Dept. – cemetery maintenance
  • Knights of Columbus – exterior siding of building
  • Madison parks and Trails – pick up trash
  • First Baptist Church – Landscaping
  • Barn Bratz 4-H Club – set up/tear down horse stalls
  • London Elementary School – Paint parking space lines
  • Converse Park – build shelter house
  • MATCO Services – interior painting
  • Humane Society – care for cats, care/train dogs, make quilts
  • Rumpke Waste Removal/Recycling – recycling program
  • Crayons To Computers – make chair pockets, tote bags, color card sets, alphabet card sets, make flash cards
  • Madison Conservation Foundation – build 100 bird houses
  • Vision and Vocational Services – Braille adult bible lessons, menus, children books, Braille handbook
  • Christ Child Society of Columbus – make quilts
  • Help House – donated can foods

Community Service (cont'd)

  • First Baptist Church – carve wooden name plates for classrooms
  • Desktop Publishing – designed fliers, print and duplicate handbook
  • Trinity United Methodist Church – make table arrangements
  • London Elementary School – paint clip boards, design & create student/teacher handbook
  • Honey Creek Christian Church – desktop designed and printed fliers
  • Animal Welfare League of Clark County – make quilts for auction
  • American Red Cross (Relay For Life) – make quilts and benches for auction

Industries

  • Modular furniture assembly shop
  • Metal paint shop

Academic

  • Adult Basic Education
  • Pre-GED
  • GED
  • Columbus State Community College
  • High School

Vocational

  • Building maintenance
  • Administrative Office Technologies
  • Horticulture
  • Turf Maintenance

Religious Services

Reading Room

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. This past year the Department served over 45,000 children. The inmate narrators worked over 32,000 hours in reading to and with the children.

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