Hocking Correctional Facility
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Hocking Correctional Facility was an Ohio state prison located in Ward Township, Hocking County, just north of Nelsonville, Ohio. The facility was originally built in 1952 as a sanatorium and later a children's center. It was converted into prison in 1982. The prison employed a staff of 110.[1] This prison was used primarily to incarcerate the state's aging prison population. The prison's operating budget for 2007 was $13,867,468; and the daily cost per inmate was $80.94. The prison, as of April 2007, housed 481 inmates. Of those: 111 were African American, 363 were Caucasian, and 7 were Latino. In 2018, the prison housed 430 inmates.[1]
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced in January 2018 that the correctional facility would close in March to trim operating costs.[2]
The facility is to reopen in 2019 as a women's rehabilitation center.[3][4]
Notable Inmates
- Salt Walther, Former USAC and CART Series Driver. Best remembered for an accident at the start of the 1973 Indianapolis 500 that left him critically injured.
References
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External links
- Image of Hocking Correctional Facility
- Hocking Correctional Facility Information from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
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