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Ohio Reformatory for Women

Warden

Ronette Burkes

Phone

937-642-1065 (Fax: 937-642-7678)

Email

drc.orw@odrc.state.oh.us

Address

1479 Collins Avenue Marysville, OH 43040

Volunteers in Prison

The Ohio Reformatory for Women is committed to recruiting dedicated and resourceful volunteers to assist in reentry efforts by providing services to offenders.  For additional information on these opportunities or the application process, please contact Roxanne Swogger at 937-642-1065, ext. 2204 or via email.

Prison Rape Elimination Act

The Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed in 2003 to protect individuals from prison rape.  Click here for more information.

Religious Services

Click here to view a complete listing of available programming/services.

Correspondence

Written correspondence to inmates must include the inmate's name and number on the envelope and be addressed to 1479 Collins Avenue Marysville, OH 43040. Telephones are generally open to reception inmates between 8am - 9pm.

Inmate Funds & Release

A kiosk is available in the front entry building of the institution from 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., 7 days a week.  Approved visitors may deposit funds into an offender trust account or PIN Debit phone account using the kiosks. For additional information on inmate funds or other deposit options please click here.

If you are picking up an offender on her release date, please arrive between the hours of 10:00 am and 12:00 pm.  After that time, the Captain's Office will make arrangements for her transportation.  Please bring your driver’s license and information on the make, model, and license plate of the vehicle that you parked. 

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Video Visitation

Video visitation may be available. Please contact the institution for available video visitation hours and visit www.jpay.com for additional application and fee information.

Approved visitors may visit www.jpay.com for additional information

Visiting

Visitors are limited to only visiting during one session, as specified at the time of reservation.  Half-day visits will be enforced to permit other visiting reservations to be honored. Each visitor is permitted one visit per month. Visiting is limited to a maximum of 5 visitors per inmate at one time, unless special arrangements have been made in advance. Click here for additional information.

Hours

  • Wednesday - Sunday       7:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. (Morning Session), 12:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. (Afternoon Session)
  • Visitors must be processed in no later than 9:30 a.m. for morning visiting sessions and 2:30 p.m. for afternoon visiting sessions.
  • Each session will count as one visit.
  • Visiting is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays 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 60 days in advance. 
  • Approved visitors may make a reservation by email or phone.  For phone reservations, please call 866-286-0033.  The visiting reservation line is answered daily between the hours of 6:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. - 4:30 a.m. For email reservations, beginning October 6, 2010, please email - DRC.VisitationORW@odrc.state.oh.us 
  • Please allow 48 hours for a return email confirmation. 
  • Visitors are not permitted to make reservations when arriving or leaving the visiting hall.
  • Each visitor is permitted one reservation per month. 
  • A confirmation number will be given at the time of reservation and must be provided to the visiting officer when arriving for a visit.
  • Visiting is limited to a maximum of 5 visitors per inmate at one time, unless special arrangements have been made in advance. 

ORW News

Institutional Information

Date Opened 1916
Total Acreage 257.8
Accreditation Status Yes
Total Staff 504
Population (as of 11/26/18) 2,465

Unique Programs

Short Term Offender Unit

 

The Short Term Offender Unit is designed to service offenders that are newly received into the prison that are serving sentences of 90 days or less.  The curriculum for the program was designed to enable the offenders by providing suitable programming that is accelerated to enhance their reentry back into the community. Daily classes on Life Skills, Coping Strategies, Family Services, Health and Wellness, Recovery Issues, Job Readiness, Dressing for Success, Finance Management  and other topics  make up this  comprehensive curriculum for the Short Term Offender program and address the 8 Reentry Domains of education, employment, marital and family , associates and social interaction, substance abuse, community functioning, personal and emotional and attitude. 

Therapeutic Community

The Therapeutic Community (TC) are long-term (6-12 months) residential Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) treatment programs. The TC approach views AOD abuse as a reflection of chronic deficits in social, vocational, familial, economic, and personality development. The aim of the Therapeutic Community is to promote pro-social behavior, attitudes, and values as a method to attain abstinence from alcohol and other drugs and eliminate antisocial behaviors. The TC’s at ORW and Pickaway are collaborative efforts between the Ohio DR&C and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. (Learn more about how you can help give back to the community here.)

Inmate Reintegration Unit

 

The Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI) and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction provide reentry programming for offenders. CCI opened a Reintegration dorm that was specifically designed to meet the offenders programming needs. This unit was designed as the last step for inmates to gain skills that will equip them to become productive members of society. The Reintegration Unit is based on a pro-social model of integrating institutional and community resources to facilitate re-entry and reduce recidivism.

Mom and Kids Day

The Ohio Reformatory for Women strives to promote family bonding in preparation for family reunification, with this in mind special family oriented events are scheduled twice a year.  A Mom and Me Day Camp is scheduled during the summer months and a Mom and Kids Day Holiday event is scheduled in December. These events allow families to come into the institution to spend a day with their loved one with a variety of events, entertainment food and fun. Information is provided in the living units detailing the selection process for these events.

Achieving Baby Care Success

 

Child development experts have determined that infants must bond with their mother in the first few months of life or their emotional and intellectual functioning is impaired.

In June 2001, ORW opened Ohio's only nursery program within an institution. The Achieving Baby Care Success (ABC'S) Program allows incarcerated pregnant inmates to maintain custody of their infants after they are born. Each participant has an individualized treatment plan so that the problems that resulted in her incarceration are thoroughly addressed.

Hands-on parenting instruction is available for every mother in the program. Eligible mothers for the program are screened and must be serving a short-term sentence for a non-violent crime. The criteria for the program ensures that the mothers and infants leave the institution together. There are currently 8 babies in the nursery

Offender Programs

Community Services

  • Greyhound Dog Program
  • Art Guild Program
  • Wildlife Program
  • Pawsibility Dog Program
  • Circle Tail Dog Program
  • Community Stitching Post Program

Academic

  • Literacy Unit
  • Pre-GED
  • GED

Industries

  • Optical Shop
  • Sewing Shop
  • Embroidery Shop
  • Mop Head Shop

Career-Technical (Vocational) Programs

  • Building Table/li>
  • Landscaping and Horticulture
  • General Office Systems
  • Cosmetology

Apprenticeship Programs

  • Boiler Operator
  • Steam Engineer

Advanced Jobs Training Program

  • Sinclair Community College

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