Ohio law Smoking in prisons


What Ohio law says about smoking in prisons:

No smoking or other tobacco use allowed inside or outside at the Corrections Medical Center in Columbus or the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, which also houses death row.

No smoking or other tobacco use inside the North Coast Correctional treatment facility in Grafton, the Lake Erie Correctional Institution in Conneaut, the Toledo Correctional Institution, the Hocking Correctional Facility in Nelsonville in southern Ohio, the Oakwood Correctional Facility in Lima, the Northeast Pre-Release Center in Cleveland, the Franklin Pre-Release Center in Columbus or the Montgomery Education Pre-Release Center in Dayton.

The prisons director may designate areas where smoking or tobacco use is allowed outside of those prisons.

The prisons director shall designate at least one tobacco-free housing area within each prison not listed above.

The state shall provide anti-smoking and tobacco-use programs for prisoners at all state correctional institutions, subject to available funding.

Source: Ohio Revised Code Title 51, Section 5145.32