Effective: September 30, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the division of parole and community services the office of victim services.
(B) The office shall provide assistance to victims of crime, victims' representatives designated under section 2930.02 of the Revised Code, and members of the victim's family. The assistance shall include, but not be limited to, providing information about the policies and procedures of the department of rehabilitation and correction and the status of offenders under the department's jurisdiction.
(C) The office shall also make available publications that will assist victims in contacting staff of the department about problems with offenders under the supervision of the adult parole authority or confined in state correctional institutions under the department's jurisdiction.
(D) The office shall employ a victim coordinator who shall administer the office's functions. The victim coordinator shall be in the unclassified civil service and report directly to the chief of the division.
(E) The office shall also employ at least three persons in the unclassified civil service whose primary duties shall be to help parole board hearing officers identify victims' issues and to make recommendations to the parole board in accordance with rules adopted by the department. The member of the parole board appointed pursuant to division (B) of section 5149.10 of the Revised Code shall approve the hiring of the employees of the office.
(F) The office shall coordinate its activities with the member of the parole board appointed pursuant to division (B) of section 5149.10 of the Revised Code. The victim coordinator and other employees of the office shall have full access to records of prisoners under the department's jurisdiction.
(G) Information provided to the office of victim services by victims of crime or a victim representative designated under section 2930.02 of the Revised Code for the purpose of program participation, of receiving services, or to communicate acts of an inmate or person under the supervision of the adult parole authority that threaten the safety and security of the victim shall be confidential and is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(H)(1) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense of violence that is a felony escapes from a correctional institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction or otherwise escapes from the custody of the department, the office of victim services shall notify each victim of the offense or offenses committed by that person of that person's escape and, if applicable, of that person's subsequent apprehension. The office shall give this notice as soon as practicable after the escape and the office identifies and locates the victim. The office shall give this notice to each victim of the escaped person, regardless of whether the victim is registered for notification with the office, unless the victim has specifically notified the office that the victim does not wish to be notified regarding the person.
The office may give the notice required by this division by telephone, in person, or by e-mail or other electronic means. If the office cannot locate a victim to whom notice is to be provided under this division, the office shall send the notice in writing to the last known address of that victim.
(2) If a person escapes as described in division (H)(1) of this section, the office of victim services may request assistance from the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense in identifying and locating the victim of the offense.
(I) Any reference in any Revised Code section other than this section to the "office of victims' services" of the division of parole and community services or of the department of rehabilitation and correction shall be construed as being a reference to, and meaning, the office of victim services created by division (A) of this section.
(J) As used in this section, "crime," "member of the victim's family," and "victim" have the meanings given in section 2930.01 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Section 5120.01 | Director of Rehabilitation and Correction - Powers and Duties.
Section 5120.011 | Sanctions Imposed for Frivolous Actions.
Section 5120.02 | Assistant Director - Powers and Duties.
Section 5120.021 | Application of Chapter.
Section 5120.03 | Designation of Use of Institutions.
Section 5120.031 | Pilot Program of Shock Incarceration.
Section 5120.032 | Intensive Program Prisons.
Section 5120.033 | Intensive Program Prisons for Certain Ovi Offenders.
Section 5120.034 | Reentry Services by Nonprofit Faith-Based Organizations.
Section 5120.035 | Community-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Qualified Prisoners.
Section 5120.036 | Risk Reduction Programming and Treatment.
Section 5120.037 | Substance Abuse Recovery Prison; Feasibility Study.
Section 5120.038 | Gps Monitoring of Offenders.
Section 5120.04 | Assigning Prisoner Labor on Public Works.
Section 5120.05 | Maintenance and Management of Institutions.
Section 5120.051 | Mentally Ill and Persons With Intellectual Disabilities Who Are Incarcerated.
Section 5120.06 | Divisions of Department.
Section 5120.07 | Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition.
Section 5120.08 | Bonds for Employees.
Section 5120.09 | Division of Business Administration - Powers and Duties.
Section 5120.091 | Education Services Fund.
Section 5120.092 | Adult and Juvenile Correctional Facilities Bond Retirement Fund.
Section 5120.10 | Jail Standards.
Section 5120.102 | Halfway House Facility Definitions.
Section 5120.103 | Construction of Halfway Houses.
Section 5120.104 | Acquiring and Leasing of Capital Facilities or Sites for Use as Halfway House.
Section 5120.105 | Providing Construction Services for Halfway Houses.
Section 5120.11 | Bureau of Examination and Classification.
Section 5120.111 | Rules and Forms for Community-Based Correctional Facilities and Programs.
Section 5120.113 | Written Reentry Plans.
Section 5120.114 | Single Validated Risk Assessment Tool.
Section 5120.115 | Authorized Users; Confidentiality of Reports.
Section 5120.13 | Holding Funds in Trust for Inmates.
Section 5120.131 | Industrial and Entertainment Fund - Commissary Fund.
Section 5120.132 | Prisoner Programs Fund.
Section 5120.133 | Prisoner's Financial Obligations and Funds.
Section 5120.134 | Vending Commission Fund.
Section 5120.14 | Notice of Escape and of Apprehension of Escapee.
Section 5120.15 | Admission and Discharge of Inmates.
Section 5120.16 | Reception, Examination, Observation, and Classification of Inmates.
Section 5120.161 | Local Housing of Certain State Prisoners.
Section 5120.163 | Examination, Testing and Treatment for Certain Diseases.
Section 5120.17 | Transferring Inmate to Psychiatric Hospital.
Section 5120.171 | Care and Treatment of Seriously Mentally Ill Inmates.
Section 5120.172 | Consent to Medical Treatment of Minor Prosecuted as Adult.
Section 5120.173 | Report of Child Abuse or Neglect to State Highway Patrol.
Section 5120.18 | Classifying Public Buildings - Purchase of Articles.
Section 5120.19 | Cultivating Lands - Transactions Between Institutions.
Section 5120.20 | Cooperative Tests by Agriculture and Health Departments.
Section 5120.211 | Quality Assurance Records Are Confidential.
Section 5120.212 | Data Matching Agreements.
Section 5120.22 | Division of Business Administration - Property Management Duties.
Section 5120.23 | Estimates of Required Supplies.
Section 5120.24 | Purchasing Supplies.
Section 5120.25 | Books and Accounts.
Section 5120.27 | Industries Carried on by Institutions.
Section 5120.28 | Fixing Prices for Labor and Services.
Section 5120.29 | Institutional Services Fund; Ohio Penal Industries Manufacturing Fund.
Section 5120.30 | Investigations.
Section 5120.31 | Appointing Special Agents and Persons.
Section 5120.32 | Annual Report.
Section 5120.33 | Listing Employees.
Section 5120.331 | Annual Report of Inmate Time Served and Releases.
Section 5120.34 | Nonpartisan Management of Institutions.
Section 5120.35 | Annual Report Suggestions and Recommendations.
Section 5120.36 | Executive, Administrative, and Fiscal Supervision of Institutions.
Section 5120.37 | Sharing Information With Department of Job and Family Services.
Section 5120.38 | Duties of Managing Officer.
Section 5120.381 | Deputy Warden.
Section 5120.382 | Appointment of Employees.
Section 5120.39 | Superintendent of Institution - Powers and Duties.
Section 5120.40 | Qualification of Teachers.
Section 5120.41 | Courses of Study.
Section 5120.42 | Rules for Proper Execution of Powers.
Section 5120.421 | Visitor Searches.
Section 5120.422 | Rules for Site Selection.
Section 5120.423 | Rules for Designating Equipment and Programs That Improve Fighting Skills.
Section 5120.424 | Purchasing Fixed Weight Exercise Equipment.
Section 5120.425 | Prisoner Access to Inflammatory and Other Materials Definitions.
Section 5120.426 | Rules Governing Access to Materials.
Section 5120.427 | Right to Receive Materials.
Section 5120.428 | Request for Review.
Section 5120.44 | Liberal Construction of Chapter.
Section 5120.45 | Burial or Cremation of Inmate.
Section 5120.46 | Appropriating Property.
Section 5120.47 | Leasing Capital Facilities.
Section 5120.48 | Apprehending Escapee or Prisoner Mistakenly Released.
Section 5120.50 | Interstate Correction Compact.
Section 5120.51 | Population and Cost Impact Statement for Legislative Bill.
Section 5120.52 | Contract for Sewage Services.
Section 5120.53 | Transfer or Exchange of Convicted Offender to Foreign Country Pursuant to Treaty.
Section 5120.55 | Licensed Health Professional Recruitment Program.
Section 5120.56 | Recovering Cost of Incarceration or Supervision From Offender.
Section 5120.57 | Reimbursement for Health Care Services Rendered to Insured Offender.
Section 5120.58 | Rules for Health Care Benefits and Preventive Services.
Section 5120.59 | Verification of Prisoner's Identity Before Release.
Section 5120.60 | Office of Victim Services.
Section 5120.61 | Risk Assessment Reports for Sexually Violent Offenders.
Section 5120.62 | Internet Access for Prisoners.
Section 5120.63 | Random Drug Testing of State Prisoners.
Section 5120.65 | Prison Nursery Program.
Section 5120.651 | Eligibility for Program.
Section 5120.652 | Duties of Inmate Participants.
Section 5120.653 | Termination of Participation in Program.
Section 5120.654 | Collecting Support Payments.
Section 5120.655 | Prison Nursery Program Fund - Individual Nursery Accounts.
Section 5120.656 | No Regulation by Department of Job and Family Services.
Section 5120.657 | Adoption of Rules.
Section 5120.68 | Warden's Report to Parole Board.
Section 5120.70 | Federal Equitable Sharing Fund.