Effective: November 5, 2004
Latest Legislation: House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Municipal correctional officer" has the same meaning as in section 753.31 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Municipal correctional facility" means a municipal jail, municipal workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(B) No municipal correctional officer shall provide a prisoner access to or permit a prisoner to have access to the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(1) The prisoner is participating in an approved educational program with direct supervision that requires the use of the internet for training or research purposes.
(2) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) No prisoner in a municipal correctional facility under the control of a municipal corporation shall access the internet through the use of a computer, computer network, computer system, computer services, telecommunications service, or information service unless both of the following apply:
(a) The prisoner is participating in an approved educational program with direct supervision that requires the use of the internet for training or research purposes.
(b) The provision of and access to the internet is in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5120.62 of the Revised Code.
(2) Whoever violates division (C)(1) of this section is guilty of improper internet access, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions
Section 753.02 | Sustaining Persons Sentenced to or Confined in Prison.
Section 753.021 | Submitting Health Insurance Claims for Prison Inmates.
Section 753.03 | Disposition of Prisoners Sentenced for Misdemeanors.
Section 753.04 | Commitment to Workhouse.
Section 753.041 | Submitting Health Insurance Claims for Workhouse Inmates.
Section 753.05 | Employment of Prisoners.
Section 753.06 | Qualified Immunity for Injuries to Work Detail Prisoners.
Section 753.08 | Prompt Commitment - Fees.
Section 753.10 | Parole of Inmates.
Section 753.11 | Violation of Parole.
Section 753.13 | Joint Municipal and County Workhouse.
Section 753.14 | Withdrawal From Support and Maintenance of Joint Workhouse.
Section 753.15 | Workhouses - Management by Joint Board - Privatization.
Section 753.161 | Receiving Prisoners From Out of County or From State.
Section 753.17 | Officers to Have Police Powers.
Section 753.18 | Religious Services in City Jail or Workhouse.
Section 753.21 | Minimum Security Jails.
Section 753.22 | Commissary - Fund.
Section 753.32 | Improper Internet Access - Municipal Facilities.
Section 753.33 | Contracts for Random Drug Testing of Municipal Prisoners.