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Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Toledo Correctional Institution

TCI

Address

P.O. Box 80033
2001 East Central Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43608

Phone

(419) 726-7977

Fax

(419) 726-7157

Warden

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Warden Carl Anderson

Institutional Information

Date Opened 2000
Total Acreage 45.24
Accreditation Status Yes
Total Security Staff 249
Total Staff 336
Projected FY10 GRF Budget
$29,196,287
(subject to monthly review and adjustment)
Daily Cost Per Inmate $76.13
Population as of 11/09 1,159
Black Inmates 644
White Inmates 499
Other Inmates 16
Escapes/Walkways 2009 0
Security Levels
1's - 192
2's - 24
3's - 937
4's - 6

Security Level Descriptions:

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

Visiting

  • Reservations are required for visitation at both Close and Minimum security inmates.  Reservations can be made from 8:30am until 3:00pm, Wednesday through Sunday at the Close Security facility and Friday through Monday at the Correctional Camp. Reservations can be made up to 30 days in advance, as well as the same day of visitation, if openings are available. Total of (2) reservations can be made during (1) phone call. All day visits may be honored for those visitors traveling more than 120 miles each way, upon pre-approval of the offender’s appropriate Unit Management staff. 

    Close Security: Wednesday – Sunday; Visiting is closed on Monday and Tuesday.

    ·       Morning Session:  8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with a cut off time for entry at 10:00 am.

    ·       Afternoon Session: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  No cut off time for entry.

    ·       Reservations can be made for Close security inmates by calling 419-726-7977 ext. 7531.    

    Minimum Camp: Friday – Monday; Visiting room is closed Tuesday through Thursday.

    ·       Morning Session:  8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with a cut off time for entry at 10:00 am.

    ·       Afternoon Session: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  No cut off time for entry.

    ·       Reservations can be made for Minimum security inmates by calling 419-726-7977 ext. 7552 or ext. 7254.   

    §         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

  • Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC) - This 15-month program is designed to help the family unit stay intact throughout the incarceration so that when the inmate is released, the bond with the family and the child has been maintained.  Only those inmates with children are eligible to participate and the offender must be released from prison to Lucas County.  The program begins when the offender has six months of his sentence left to serve and will continue nine months after his release.  The offenders will be mentored while in prison and their families will be brought in to take part in mutual programming.  Families will receive help in such areas as education, job skills, and substance abuse treatment; children will participate in youth programs.
  • The RIDGE Project:  This is a faith based non-profit organization that offers a marriage and family strengthening project developed specifically to address the unique obstacles families face when one partner is incarcerated for more than six months.  The program works with both parents not only to ensure healthy marriages and strong families, but also to ensure successful reentry of the inmate, stop incarceration within family of inmates, reduce recidivism for ex-offenders and reduce negative behaviors among children of inmates.

Inmate Programs

Industries

  • Plastic Bag Factory

Community Service

  • St. James Church - The Armory
  • Collingwood United Methodist Church
  • The Ohio Theater
  • Leverett Jr. High
  • Assistance Dogs of America
  • I-75 Highway Clean up
  • Happy Hats

Academic

  • ABE
  • Pre-GED
  • GED
  • Advanced Job Training (through Owens Community College)

Vocational

  • Administrative Office Technology

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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