Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Office Of Prisons

Mission

The Office of Prisons will provide quality services and leadership, through interaction with our stakeholders, in the areas of Security, Programs, and Resource Management while ensuring the safe, secure, and humane operation of all institutions. The effort will support rehabilitative services aiding the offender in successful community reentry.

Ohio’s thirty-two prisons are grouped into two regions for administrative purposes, one north and the other south. Two deputy directors, referred to as "regional directors," supervise prison operations in their respective regions and function as the administrative supervisor for the individual wardens.

In addition to providing oversight for prison operations, the Office of Prisons provides support services for all Ohio prisons in the areas of education, classification, critical incident management, recreation, religious services, unit management, security, youthful offender programming, and the management of disruptive inmate groups.