ODRC – Richland Correctional Institution (RICI) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 419-526-2100

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Richland Correctional located at 1001 S Olivesburg Rd in Mansfield, OH are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

RCI is a medium-security state prison that houses minimum and medium-security adult males with a capacity of about 2,924 inmates. The demographics of this facility are split with approximately half of the population being Caucasian and the other half being African American. Several years ago this facility saw quite a bit of violence due to an increase in gang-related activity, this has since been drastically reduced. Today it Richland is considered one of the safer prisons in Ohio. Richland offers a wide range of re-entry and educational programming that helps inmates have a better chance of successful reintegration. Additionally, inmates who have a diploma or GED can take college courses. Vocational training in automotive repair, woodworking, barbering, drywall, HVAC, turf management, and graphic design are also available.

Unique Programs

The Pound Puppy program trains 7 to 8 dogs each cycle, which lasts 7 weeks. The dogs are taught 5 basic commands and 2 certified instructor volunteers are utilized from the Richland County Dog Kennel Club. The program works in conjunction with Kind Hands 4 Paws (Zanesville), Logan County Shelter (Bellevue), and Mid Ohio Animal Welfare League.

Reintegration Housing

The Reintegration Housing Unit seeks to provide offenders with a pro social environment conducive for self development. The unit focuses upon instilling responsibility and accountability by offering a variety of programming to address criminogenic needs, as well as meaningful activities and community service.

Roots for Success

This program is an environmental literacy program consisting of ten modules: Fundamentals of Environmental Literacy; Water; Waste; Transportation; Energy; Building; Health, Food & Agriculture; Community Organizing & Leadership; Application and Practice; Financial Literacy & Social Entrepreneurship. Upon completion of the program, the offenders will receive a certificate of completion nationally recognized by various sectors for green collared jobs.

Commercial Drive's License (CDL)

This is a career enhancement program that allows an offender to take the written exam for a commercial driver's license. Upon successful completion of the exam, the offender will engage in a four week training program administered by Trainco, a professional truck driving school. This program includes 40 hours of instructional classroom work followed by three weeks of pre-trip vehicle inspection, maneuverability, and road test.

Recovery Residential Unit

The Recovery Bay Residential unit seeks to work with unit staff and recovery service staff to provide a residential unit that encourages a therapeutic environment to address recovery needs. Offenders that are participating in the 90 day Intensive Outpatient Program, which is provided by Recovery Services staff and functions to install knowledge into offenders regarding the disease of chemical dependency and its effect on the various areas of the offenders' life reside in the housing unit. This programming is approached in a holistic manner rather than strictly discussing substance abuse, and offenders receive 9 hours of group work for 12 weeks.

Reading Room

The reading rooms encourage family literacy by providing a pleasant and comfortable setting for both child and incarcerated parent. Each room is stocked with a wide variety of children’s books and has an inmate narrator who reads to the visiting children twice a day. The role of the inmate narrator is to read picture books to the children in much the same manner that children’s hour would be done at a public library. A variety of arts and craft supplies for the children are also available in most of the rooms. Many of the supplies and books are donated by employees and service organizations.

Offender Programs

Community Services

• Pound Puppy Program
• ToyTime
• Stamps for Kids
• Reading Room Narrator
• Dog Grooming
• Project Linus
• St. Jude's Card Collection
• Mats for Homeless
• Mansfield Southwest Little League

Academic

• Literacy Unit
• Pre-GED
• GED
• Post Secondary Education
• Transitional Education Program (TEP)

Apprenticeship Programs

• Plumbing
• Electrician
• Maintenance
• Animal Trainer
• Carpenter
• Cook
• HVAC
• Recovery Operator
• Janitorial
• Building Maintenance Repair

Education Services

• Various

Career-Technical (Vocational) Programs

• Administrative Office Technology
• Auto Collision Repair
• Barbering
• Carpentry
• Graphic Occupations
• Turf Management
• Visual Communications
• Drafting
• Drywall

visitation Info

ODRC – Richland Correctional Institution – Visitation

Visiting – Please do not plan on arriving at the institution prior to 7:15 a.m. 

• Visiting is by reservation only.  Please call 419-526-2100, Extension 0, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• Visiting hours are held Tuesday through Saturday, 7:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Visitors must arrive no later than 2 p.m. No visits on holidays.
• Visiting hours are subject to change without notice. Please call the institution to verify the visiting hours before planning a visit.
• Please click here to make online visit reservations.

Visiting is limited to 5 visitors per Offender at one time. Each visiting session counts as a separate visit. Therefore, 2 visits on the same day will count as 2 of the allowed 4 visits for the offender each month.

Visit hours ; Tuesday thru Friday AM session; 8am to 10:30am and PM session 12pm to 2:30 pm

                       Saturday- AM session 7:30am to 10:30am and PM session 11:30am to 2:30 pm.

Visits are made by online reservations; https://ohdoc.gtlvisitme.com ( new visitors who need to register also can do it here)

When making online reservations, all visitors being scheduled for the visit MUST be listed on the reservation and all visitors must be APPROVED visitors.

Visits are scheduled 30 days in advance.

Visit office can be reached 419-526-2100 ext 3063 or dial "0"  for the operator

Mon-Fri 9am till 10:45am and 1pm till 2:45pm