The Lebanon Correctional Institution is a prison in the United States operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Warren County's Turtlecreek Township, about four miles west of Lebanon and two miles east of Monroe and about 32 miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio on State Route 63. It is immediately adjacent to another state prison, the Warren Correctional Institution, and was built in the 1950s on land purchased by the state when the Shaker settlement at Union Village closed in 1912.
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| Location | 3791 State Route 63 Lebanon, Ohio |
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| Status | open |
| Capacity | 2465 |
| Opened | 1960 |
| Managed by | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction |
The prison opened in 1960 and sits on 1,900 acres (7.7 km²) of land, much of which is used as a farm, including the raising of cows. In 2007, there were 2,532 inmates (1,347 black, 1,163 white, 22 Hispanic) with a total staff of 580, of which 340 are security staff. The prison budget for fiscal year 2005 was $41,082,012, an annual cost per inmate of $19,867.31.
Prison inmates manufacture license plates, license plate stickers, printing, and metal fabrication for institutional furniture in the prison industries plant.[1]
The Lebanon prison was featured on an episode of the National Geographic Channel series Lockdown. The episode, titled "Predators Behind Bars", broadcast on March 4, 2007.
Notable inmates
edit| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dellmus Colvin | A536490 | Serving a life sentence.[2] | Convicted in 2006 of murdering 6 people.[3][4][5] In 2011, he was convicted of another murder in New Jersey.[6][7][8] |
| Matthew Starr Puccio | A667706 | Serving a life sentence.[9] | Convicted in the 2012 murder of his girlfriend, Jessica Rae Sacco, in which her body was then dismembered with the help of 4 other people.[10][11][12][13] |
- Billy Milligan The "Campus Rapist" whose defense centered on dissociative identity disorder.
References
edit- ^ Lebanon Correctional Institution
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- ^ "Trucker admits role in deaths of 4 women". The Denver Post. 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Colvin tied to 6th murder". The Blade. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Truck driver convicted of killing six prostitutes in Ohio to face charges in slaying of N.J. woman 24 years ago". nj. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Serial killer pleads guilty to murdering Somers Point woman in Atlantic City in 1987". Press of Atlantic City. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Guilty plea in killing of NJ woman in 1987 | ABC7 Los Angeles | abc7.com". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Man gets life for slaughter of lover". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Police: Dismembered Ohio woman lived with killer". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ Glynn, Casey (2012-04-04). "5 charged in Ohio woman Jessica Sacco's death, dismemberment - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "5 indicted in Ohio woman's dismembering". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Ohio man pleads guilty to dismembering girlfriend". News-Herald. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2024-02-12.