Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Noble Correctional Institution
Address
15708 McConnelsville Road
Caldwell, Ohio 43724
Phone
(740) 732-5188
Fax
(740) 732-2651
Video Tour
Institutional Information
| Date Opened | 1996 | ||||||
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| Total Acreage | 164 | ||||||
| Accreditation Status | Yes | ||||||
| Total Security Staff | 285 | ||||||
| Total Staff | 416 | ||||||
| Projected FY10 GRF Budget |
$37,098,153 | ||||||
| (subject to monthly review and adjustment) | |||||||
| Daily Cost Per Inmate | $45.82 | ||||||
| Population as of 11/09 | 2,499 | ||||||
| Black Inmates | 1,080 | ||||||
| White Inmates | 1,394 | ||||||
| Other Inmates | 25 | ||||||
| Escapes/Walkways 2009 | 0 | ||||||
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Security Level Descriptions:
- 1 = Minimum Security
- 2 = Medium Security
- 3 = Close Security
- 4 = Maximum Security
- 5 = Administrative Maximum
Visiting
- Visiting is offered five days a week (Wednesday - Sunday) from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. by reservation only. Reservations may be made by calling (740) 732-5188 ext. 2178.
- Visiting hours are subject to change without notice. Please call the institution to verify visiting hours before planning a 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
- Canine Care Program. This program is designed to rescue dogs that have been left at the local animal shelters and have not been adopted. The inmates train the dogs for basic obedience to make them more desirable to be adopted. We currently have 24 dogs being trained. All the dogs are received from Guernsey, Washington, and Monroe counties.
- Carpentry Career Enhancement classes are designed for inmates with short term sentences. These programs are available to inmates with 45 to 365 days left on their sentence and each Career Enhancement program is 5 weeks in duration. The topics covered in this course include: employability skills, basic tape measure skills, basic print reading, terminology and purpose of wall components, Wall layout, wall construction, and a 10 hour OSHA safety training. Each inmate receives a certificate upon successful completion of the program.
Inmate Programs
Community Service
- City of Caldwell Grounds Cleanup at Caldwell Reservoir
- GMN Tri-County
- Noble County Chamber of Commerce Beautification Project
- Noble Trustee Cleanup Project at Oak Grove Cemetery
- Washington County CAC - Food Cleanup Relief
- Restoration Work at Putnam Mansion
- Litter Pickup
Academic
- ABE
- Pre-GED
- GED
- Special Education
- Computer Lab
- Pro-Literacy Tutor Training
- Apprenticeship
- Service Learning Training
- Transitional Education Television
Vocational
- Residential wiring
- Carpentry
- Turf management
- Plastering and drywall
- Apprenticeship
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. 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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