CORRECTIONS

Booking & Classification

Butler County uses an objective jail classification (OJC) system. This process of assessing every jail inmate’s custody and needs is one of the most important tools a jail can have. Proper classification can reduce inmate assaults, suicide attempts and escape attempts.

The classification process begins at intake and continues until processed into the facility. Inmates are classified into one of three categories: Maximum, Medium, and Minimum. The placement of inmates into these categories depends on current and past incarcerations, current and past behaviors within correctional facilities, current physical, mental, and medical conditions, and predatory risk factors. Inmates’ classification also determines the color of uniform the inmate wears.

Armbands are issued at intake and must be worn at all times in the facility. These armbands are sometimes color coded for certain alerts. Inmates are reclassified every thirty days to determine if their level has changed. Changes in classification levels can depend on sentencing, behavioral issues, added or dropped charges, and medical issues. The facility administrator has the authority to move an inmate or place an inmate under more strict custody in order to preserve order or protect other people or property from harm.

Jail and Facilities

The Corrections Division has three facilities in the City of Hamilton, Ohio. All inmates are held at:

• The Corrections Center is located at 705 Hanover Street. It is capable of housing 848 inmates. This facility holds maximum and medium security inmates as well as contracted inmates from the United States Marshals Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Bureau of Prisons. All prisoner bookings and releases are conducted at this facility.
  

Other facilities include:

• The  Resolutions Jail, at 442 S. Second Street, is currently housing overflow inmates from the main jail facility and has several administrative offices.
• The  Court Street Jail, at 123 Court Street, is currently housing overflow inmates from the main jail facility and currently houses our property / evidence operation.

Who is in Custody?

• The roster of persons currently held in Butler County jail facilities is available online. You can access the jail roster at any time by visiting butler.miamivalleyjails.org.

Inmate Worker Program

The inmate worker program, commonly known as the “trustee” program continues to save the Sheriff’s Office money by using inmate labor in several different areas within the facilities.

Inmates prepare and serve all meals, as well as maintain the grounds and the inside of  BCSO facilities. All inmate laundry is done in-house by the trustees and they also man the phones to answer basic questions for the public. Inmates who work are eligible to receive “good days” from their sentencing judge in return for their service.

Another way inmates are able to “work” while incarcerated is through the PRIDE detail, which stands for Providing Responsibility for Inmates through Duties for the Environment. The program, which uses inmate labor for roadside cleanups throughout the community, is funded primarily through Federal Grants. The “Chain Gang” as it is known, collects aluminum cans and redeems them for cash, helping offset any additional costs to the program. This program also helps to foster a sense of pride and teaches community values to the inmates involved.

Transportation Unit

This unit is responsible for the safe and secure transport of all Butler County inmates, as well as US Marshal Service and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) inmates housed under contracts. Lieutenant Randall Lambert oversees the unit, which consists of ten deputies with the primary function to transport inmates / detainees on a daily basis.

Butler County inmates must be transported for various local court proceedings at Common Pleas, Juvenile, and Area 1, 2, and 3 Courts. Additionally, there are numerous transports to medical appointments and transfers to and from state prison facilities throughout the State of Ohio. In the case of federal prisoners (US Marshals and ICE), inmates are transported to and from federal courts in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Columbus, other prisons or jails throughout Ohio, to other federal holding facilities prior to deportation, and sometimes to meet special federal aviation flights out of the Greater Cincinnati or Lexington, KY, airports.

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