Which way from here? I need help navigating the Ohio system

[LadyRed39]

My fiance has been handed 10-life and currently in Lorain. He's been in 8 days now and still in intake due to employee vacations. When will he be able to call home? Receive packages? Have access to jpay? And he's heard there's a camp at crc for sex offenders, is this true? I have so many questions, I'm not able to visit as I'm on the Alabama coast and we plan to go ahead and marry when he gets to his parent. I need help navigating the system there, how things work.

[Sarianna]

I am sorry for what you are going through - hang in there; hopefully someone familiar with the Ohio system will soon respond to your questions!

[JuliannRN]

The sex offender program is at CRC now. It used to be at Madison. They do not stay there. They go to do their classes and then they go to their home prison..
Given his sentence length and the fact that you mention sex offense, he will most likely be classed as a level three. He will go to a level three institution. There are many listed on the home page for ODRC.

[scoopster]

marrying is difficult and is up to the county , some counties refuse to marry inmates.

[Tmackenzie1990]

Originally Posted by scoopster

marrying is difficult and is up to the county , some counties refuse to marry inmates.

And which counties are this? Because as soon as my boyfriend is getting to his parent we were going to?

[scoopster]

The DRC does not have a list, so we have to contact each institution county. like madison they will not. But this list needs to be created and posted on the DRC website.