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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

Email for General Inquiries

DRC.PIOSCI@odrc.state.oh.us 

 

Warden

Video Tour

Directions

Warden Sheri Duffey

Institutional Information

Date Opened 1980
Total Acreage 1,377
Accreditation Status Yes
Total Security Staff 198
Total Staff 339
FY11 GRF Budget
$26,702,221
(subject to monthly review and adjustment)
Daily Cost Per Inmate $55.01
Population as of 05/12 1,539
Black Inmates 720
White Inmates 799
Other Inmates 20
Escapes/Walkways 2011 0
Security Levels
1's - 628
2's -
3's -
4's - 
891
3
0
   

Security Level Descriptions:

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

Visiting

Hours

  • Thursday - Monday            8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (Morning Session)
                                           12:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. (Afternoon Session)
  • Visitors must be processed in no later than 9:45 a.m. for morning visiting sessions during the week and 9:15 a.m. for morning sessions on a weekend.  Visitors must be processed in no later than 2:15 p.m. for afternoon visiting sessions.
  • Visiting is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and all State Holidays.
  • Visiting hours are subject to change without notice. Please call the institution to verify visiting hours before planning a visit.

  Reservations

  • Visiting reservations are required for all visiting sessions.
  • Reservations are accepted up to 30 days in advance but no less than 48 hours prior to the visit. 
  • Approved visitors may make a reservation by calling 866-907-4516.  The visiting reservation line is answered Thursday through Monday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

  Institution-Specific Visiting Information

  • Visiting is limited to a maximum of 3 visitors per inmate at one time, unless special arrangements have been made in advance.
  • Inmates in special management housing are permitted one visit per month, with a maximum of two visitors.  Inmates housed in Security Control status will be permitted weekend visits, while inmates in Disciplinary or Local Control Status are mot authorized for weekend visitation.

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
  • 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

Adoptable Dog Program

Many institutions participate in fostering and training abandoned dogs for adoption.

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

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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