Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Southeastern Correctional Institution
Address
5900 B.I.S. Road
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
Phone
(740) 653-4324
Fax
(740) 653-6155
Video Tour
Institutional Information
| Date Opened | 1980 | ||||
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| Total Acreage | 1,377 | ||||
| Accreditation Status | Yes | ||||
| Total Security Staff | 189 | ||||
| Total Staff | 372 | ||||
| Projected FY10 GRF Budget |
$29,663,824 | ||||
| (subject to monthly review and adjustment) | |||||
| Daily Cost Per Inmate | $70.38 | ||||
| Population as of 11/09 | 1,503 | ||||
| Black Inmates | 616 | ||||
| White Inmates | 873 | ||||
| Other Inmates | 14 | ||||
| Escapes/Walkways 2009 | 0 | ||||
| Security Levels |
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Security Level Descriptions:
- 1 = Minimum Security
- 2 = Medium Security
- 3 = Close Security
- 4 = Maximum Security
- 5 = Administrative Maximum
Visiting
- Visits are by reservations only
- Reservation phone number
1-866-907-4516.
- 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
- Harvest: The Recovery Services Department at the Southeastern Correctional Institution offers a reentry-approved, earned credit-approved three month cognitive behavioral therapy alcohol and drug treatment program. The Harvest Intensive Outpatient treatment program focuses on helping participants develop cognitive strategies and positive behavioral skills to restructure their lifestyle. Upon successful completion of the program, participants are eligible for continuing care services that include professionally facilitated group meetings and Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous fellowship meetings.
- Intensive Program Prison: Ohio's first boot camp, Camp Reams, is a voluntary program that allows the offender a second chance to change. Program eligibility is determined at the reception phase of the offender's incarceration. The offender completes ninety days of actual incarceration and is then placed on post release supervision for an appropriate period of time. A day spent at the "camp" includes intensive offender programming, educational opportunities, physical training, and realistic community work assignments that challenge the offender to "give back to society" while assisting non-profit organizations and helping them reach their goals. Like other early release programs, offender accountability and commitment to change are necessary attributes for a successful reentry back to society.
Inmate Programs
Community Service
- Berne Union Schools - Cleaning/Painting
- CTA - Cleaning/Painting, Moving Furniture
- Central Office - Painting/Moving Offices
- Fairfield County ODOT - Litter Removal/Cleaning
- Lancaster City Schools - Removing Fence, Cleaning, Litter Removal
- ODOT - Litter Removal, Cut Brush
- Lancaster Street Department - Clean Trucks
- New Lexington American Legion - Clean Up
- New Lexington Street Department - Raking Leaves
- Buckeye Lake State Park - Paint, Grass Mower
- Franciscan Missions - Collect Stamps
- Hocking County Animal Shelter - Care for Dogs
- Ohio Expo Center - Plan Production
- Ohio Reads Program - Reading Program
- Service Learning Workshop
- Youth Affairs/Foundation Dinner Cards
- Cleaning, painting and stripping floors in schools
Industries
- Health Tech manufactures cleaning supplies
Academic
- Pre-GED
- GED
- Adult Basic Education
- Literacy unit
- Hocking College
Vocational
- Horticulture
- Carpentry
- Drafting
- Welding
- Plumbing
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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