Clicking on any of the Ohio facilities below will direct you to an information page with Inmate Search, Visitation, Mail, Phone, Email, Most Wanted and FAQ for families and friends.
Ohio maintains their own state prison system; 28 secure facilities which consist of every security level; maximum, medium, and minimum, which includes some transitional facilities that prepare inmates for life outside of prison.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction is where offenders are sent that have been convicted of felony crimes of murder, rape, assault, serious thefts and drug related offenses. These are offenses of at least one year, and all the way up to life imprisonment. Ohio also has a death row with almost 30 murderers at any one time, waiting to be executed.
Go here for full instructions on using the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction Inmate Search, as well as for the Bureau of Prisons inmates and ICE detainees.
The Ohio Department of Youth Services oversees three correctional facilities and two alternative facilities for juvenile offenders who have been convicted of crimes and sentenced to detention, or are awaiting their court dates.
To search for an inmate or juvenile offender, or learn how to communicate with an inmate in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction or Department of Youth Services, start by choosing from the list of facilities below.