CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION INSPECTION COMMITTEE
REPORT:

REVIEW OF ASSAULT DATA
FROM THE
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION
REGARDING OHIO PRISONS

Presented and Submitted by
CIIC Staff
February 23, 2006

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION………..……………………………………………………………………….3
SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………………………….…4
I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULTS…………………………………………………8
A. Total Assaults
1. January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
2. November 2004 through October 2005………………………………10
B. Physical Assaults ………………………………………………………………12
1. January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
2. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility 1997 to
December 28, 2005…………………………………………………...14
C. Harassment Assaults…………………………………………………………...15
1. January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
2. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility 1997 to
December 28, 2005…………………..……………………………….17
D. Inappropriate Physical Contact Assaults…….………………………………18
1. January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
2. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility 1997 through
December 28, 2005……………………..…………………………….19
E. Sexual Assault…………………………………….……………………………20
1. January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
2. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility 1997 through
December 28, 2005……………………….…………………………..22

II.

INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULTS……………………………………………..23
A. Total Assaults
1. November 2004 through October 2005
2. January – June 2005………………………………………………….25
B. Physical Assaults……………………………………………………………….27
1. January through June 2005
2. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility 2001 through
October 12, 2005…………………………………………………….29
C. Harassment Assaults…………………………………………………………...32
1. January through June 2005
2. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility 2001 through
October 12, 2005…………………………………………………….33
D. Sexual Assaults…………………………………………………………………34
1. January through June 2005
2. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility 2001 through
October 12, 2005…………………………………………………….35

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CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION INSPECTION COMMITTEE REPORT:
REVIEW OF ASSAULT DATA FROM THE
OHIO DEPARMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION
REGARDING OHIO PRISONS
INTRODUCTION:
Although assault data is included in the CIIC Biennial Report of January 2005, the data is
not among the statistics regularly provided on a monthly basis. Rather, the CIIC has
periodically requested and received such data compiled by the ODRC Bureau of
Research.
During the CIIC meeting on January 25, 2006, three Correctional Officers addressed the
Committee, including two from the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF). Their
expressed concerns included an extremely serious inmate assault on an Officer at SOCF
on December 5, 2005, related concerns about the incidence of inmate on staff and inmate
on inmate violence at SOCF, including the murder of the reported leader of the Aryan
Brotherhood by a Muslim inmate on September 26, 2005, and concerns about further
related violence.
In partial follow-up to the areas of concern, CIIC staff requested updated data on assaults
in Ohio prisons from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s Bureau of
Research. On January 31, 2006, the following assault data was provided:
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•
•
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Inmate on Inmate Assault Report (January -June 2005) with Number of
Assaults by Type at Each Institution
Inmate on Staff Assault Report (Jan. 1-Dec. 15, 2005) with Number of Assaults
by Type at Each Institution
Reported Institutional Inmate-on-Inmate Assaults from November 2004
through October 2005
Reported Institutional Inmate-on-Staff Assaults from November 2004 through
October 2005
SOCF Inmate-on-Inmate Assaults by Type of Assault in Calendar Years 20012005 through October 12, 2005
SOCF Inmate-on-Staff Assaults by Type of Assault in Calendar Years 19972005 through December 28, 2005

The data is reported to be the most updated versions completed by the ODRC Bureau of
Research. The Bureau of Research will provide the CIIC with updated assault data as
they are created or updated in the future.
Following the Summary, detailed tables and findings are provided on Inmate on Staff
Assaults and Inmate on Inmate Assaults.

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SUMMARY
TOTAL INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULTS
January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
o

Of the 536 Inmate on Staff Assaults system-wide in the period, the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility had
the largest number with 169, comprising 31.5 percent of all such assaults.

o

The Ohio Reformatory for Women had the second largest number of such assaults, with 37, comprising
6.9 percent of all such assaults.

o

Mansfield and Chillicothe Correctional Institutions, and the Ohio State Penitentiary had from 32 to 34
such assaults in the period.

November 2004 through October 2005
o

Of the 545 Inmate on Staff Assaults system-wide in the period, the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility had
the largest number with 166, an average of 14 per month.

o

The Ohio Reformatory for Women had the second largest number of such assaults, with 44, comprising
3.7 percent of all such assaults.

o

The Ohio State Penitentiary and Mansfield Correctional Institution had the second and third largest number
of such assaults, with 37 and 34 respectively.

SOCF 1997 To December 28, 2005
o

In the nine-year period, there were 1,240 total Inmate Assaults on SOCF Staff, from a low of 105 in 2001 to
a high of 193 in 1997.

o

The 187 such assaults in 2005, rank second highest in the nine-year period.

INMATE ON STAFF PHYSICAL ASSAULTS
January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
o

Of the 294 Inmate on Staff Physical Assaults system-wide in the period, nearly 60 percent were Minor
Injury Assaults and over 29 percent resulted in No Injury.

o

There were 32 Serious Injury Physical Assaults (Assaults requiring emergency medical treatment off prison
grounds), comprising 10.9 percent of the Inmate on Staff Physical Assaults.

o

The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility had the largest number of Inmate on Staff Physical Assaults in the
period, with 69, of which 43 were Minor Injury Assaults and 17 resulted in “No Injury.” Nine of the
Inmate on Staff Physical Assaults at SOCF were “Serious.”

o

The Ohio Reformatory for Women had the second highest number of assaults with 24, followed closely by
the Mansfield Correctional Institution and Ohio State Penitentiary with 22 and 21 respectively.

SOCF Physical Assaults 1997 to December 28, 2005
o

Inmate Physical Assaults on SOCF Staff totaled 498 in the nine-year period, and comprised 40.2 percent of
all Inmate Assaults on SOCF Staff.

o

Physical Assaults on SOCF Staff ranged from a low of 37 in 2000 to a high of 75 in 2005.

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o

Minor Injury Physical Assaults totaled 282, the largest subgroup of Physical Assaults on SOCF Staff, from
a low of 18 in 2000 to a high of 46 in 2005.

o

No Injury Physical Assaults on SOCF Staff totaled 153 in the nine-year period, the second largest
subgroup of Physical Assaults, from a low of 12 in 2001 to a high of 25 in 2002.

o

Serious Injury Physical Assaults on SOCF Staff totaled 62 in the nine years, the smallest sub-group of
Physical Assaults on staff, from a low of two in 1998 to a high of 10 in 2003 and in 2005.

INMATE ON STAFF HARASSMENT ASSAULT
Harassment assault is defined as “throwing, expelling or otherwise causing bodily substance to come into contact with
another, or throwing any other liquid or material on or at another that does not result in any physical injury to victim.”
January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
o
o
o

There were 202 Inmate on Staff Harassment Assaults system-wide in the period.
The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility had the largest number of such assaults, with 95.
The Chillicothe Correctional Institution had the second largest number with 18, followed by the Ohio
Reformatory for Women with 12.

SOCF 1997 to December 28, 2005
o

In the nine-year period, there were 707 Inmate on Staff Harassment Assaults at SOCF, from the low of 53
assaults in 2001 to a high of 122 incidents in 1997.

o

There were 106 such assaults in 2005, the second highest in the nine-year period.

o

The 707 Staff Harassment Assaults comprise 57 percent of total assaults on SOCF.

INMATE ON STAFF INAPPROPRIATE PHYSICAL CONTACT ASSAULT
Inappropriate Physical Contact Assault is defined as “physical resistance to a direct order, or the intentional grabbing,
touching of a non-sexual nature, bumping into or pushing a staff member that does not result in any physical injury
to the staff member.”
January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
o

There were 30 incidents of Inappropriate Physical Contact Assault in the period, with the largest number at
the Chillicothe Correctional Institution with nine, followed by SOCF with four incidents.

SOCF 1997 to December 28, 2005
o
o

In the nine-year period SOCF had 27 such incidents, from a low of one incident in 2004 to a high of six
incidents in 1998.
There were five incidents in 2005, ranking second highest in the period.

INMATE ON STAFF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Sexual Contact Assault is “any intentional touching of an erogenous zone of a staff member by an inmate.”
January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
o
o

There was no attempted or completed Inmate on Staff Sexual Assault in the period.
There were ten Sexual Contact Assaults, one each at ten prisons.

SOCF 1997 to December 28, 2005
o
o

In the nine-year period, there was one attempted sexual assault in 2001 at SOCF.
During the period, there were seven Sexual Contact Assaults, with one each from 1997 through 2000, two
in 2002, and one in 2005.

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TOTAL INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULTS
November 2004 through October 2005
o

During the period, there were 483 Inmate on Inmate Assaults system-wide, with the largest number at the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, which had 109 assaults, an average of 9.08 per month.

o

North Central Correctional Institution had the second highest number of such assaults, with 32 in the
period.

January – June 2005
o

During the period, there were 249 Inmate on Inmate Assaults system-wide.

o

The largest number of such assaults was at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, with 55 in the sixmonth period.

o

The second largest number of such assaults was at the North Central Correctional Institution with 20 such
assaults in the period.

SOCF 2001 to October 12, 2005
o
o
o

Total Inmate on Inmate Assaults at SOCF ranged from a low of 85 in 2004 to a high of 145 in 2002.
Assaults in the five-year period averaged 117 per year.
The number of such assaults in 2004 and 2005 are below that average, and rank as the lowest two years
of the five -year period in Total Inmate on Inmate Assaults.

INMATE ON INMATE PHYSICAL ASSAULTS
January – June 2005
o
o
o

o
o

In the six-month period, there were 212 Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults system-wide, with the largest
number at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility with 31.
The Oakwood Correctional Facility had the second largest number, with 18 in the period, followed closely
by North Central Correctional Institution with 17.
Five other prisons had from 13 to 16 such assaults in the period, consisting of two level three (close security)
prisons, Ross and Mansfield Correctional Institutions, and three level two (medium security) prisons,
Richland, Noble and Southeastern Correctional Institutions.
The level four and five (maximum and high maximum security) Ohio State Penitentiary had only three
such assaults.
The level three (close security) Toledo and Lebanon, Correctional Institutions had only two such assaults,
while the level three Warren and Trumbull Correctional Institutions had only four such assaults in the
period.

SOCF 2001 TO October 12, 2005
o
o

The 190 physical assaults in the five-year period ranged from a low of 28 in 2001 to a high of 49 in 2005.
The number of physical assaults increased from 2001 through 2004 by 11 in 2002 and by five in 2003,
followed by a decrease of 14 in 2004 to 30, the second lowest number of such assaults in the period.

o

The largest subgroup of physical assaults at SOCF were Minor Injury Physical Assaults, with a total of
106, comprising 56 percent of the 190 Physical Assaults.
Minor Injury Physical Assaults ranged from the low of 12 in 2001 to a high of 28 in 2003, with a decrease to
17 in 2004, and an increase of four in 2005.

o

o
o

o

The second largest subgroup of physical assaults were No Injury Assaults, with 53, comprising 28
percent of all physical assaults at SOCF in the five-year period.
No Injury assaults ranged from a low of six in 2003 to a high of 22 in 2005. Such assaults increased by 14
from 2004 to 2005.
Serious Injury Physical Assaults totaled 34 in the five years, comprising 18 percent of the total Physical
Assaults.

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o

Serious Injury Physical Assaults ranged from the low of five in 2004, to a high of 10 in 2003. There were
six such assaults in 2005.

INMATE ON INMATE HARASSMENT ASSAULT
January – June 2005
o
o
o

The 35 Inmate on Inmate Harassment Assaults system-wide only occurred at eight prisons.
The largest number occurred at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, with 24 such assaults,
comprising 69 percent of all such assaults in the prison system.
The Lake Erie Correctional Institution had the second largest number of such assaults, with three. Two
facilities had two incidents, and four facilities had one incident in the period.

SOCF 2001 through October 12, 2005
o
o

In the five-year period, there were 394 Inmate on Inmate Harassment Assaults at SOCF, from a low of 50 in
2005 to a high of 106 in 2002.
Such assaults decreased by 11 from 2002 to 2003, decreased by 42 in 2004, and decreased by three in
2005.

INMATE ON INMATE SEXUAL ASSAULTS
January through June 2005
o
o

o

In the six-month period, there were no reports of attempted or completed sexual assault in the entire
prison system.
There were only two reports of Sexual Contact Assault, (any intentional touching of an erogenous zone)
in the entire prison system, one each at Madison and North Central Correctional Institutions.
The total absence of reports on even attempted sexual assault in the entire prison system in the first six
months of 2005 prompts questions and concerns about the extent to which progress has been made in:
o Addressing the factors which prevent victims from reporting the victimization in the prison
environment, and
o Ensuring that all incidents are appropriately documented in the Sexual Assault data.

SOCF 2001 to October 12, 2005
o
o
o

o

In the five-year period at SOCF, there were reportedly three Completed Sexual Assaults, two in 2004 and
one in 2005.
There were no reports of attempted sexual assault or sexual contact assault.
Based on information relayed on February 16, 2006 by the Investigator, there have been no confirmed
sexual assaults at SOCF in 2004 or 2005. There were reportedly two alleged sexual assaults in July 2005,
which were determined to be consensual sexual acts.
Based on the above, there is an apparent need to distinguish between alleged sexual assaults,
investigations of such allegations, and verified incidents in the reporting system.

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULTS
A. TOTAL ASSAULTS
1. JANUARY 1, 2005 TO DECEMBER 15, 2005
Inmate on Staff Total Assaults
From January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005 by Institution
Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
North Central Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Belmont Correctional Institution
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Allen Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
Correctional Reception Center
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Grafton Correctional Institution
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Warren Correctional Institution
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
Lorain Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Montgomery Education and Pre Release Center
Dayton Correctional Institution
Franklin Pre Release Center
Hocking Correctional Facility
London Correctional Institution
Marion Correctional Institution
Northeast Pre Release Center
Total

Total
169
37
34
34
32
28
25
21
19
16
15
12
12
10
8
8
8
8
8
7
6
5
5
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
536

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o There were 536 Inmate on Staff Assaults system-wide from January 1, 2005 to
December 15, 2005.
o Five prisons had no such assaults : Franklin and Northeast Pre-Release Centers,
Marion and London Correctional Institutions, and the Hocking Correctional
Facility.
o The number of assaults ranged from one at the Dayton Correctional Institution to
169 assaults at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, comprising 31.5
percent of all assaults.
o The Ohio Reformatory for Women had the second largest number of inmate
on staff assaults, with 37. The Ohio State Penitentiary and Mansfield
Correctional Institution each had 34 such assaults.
o The facilities with 10 or more incidents are listed below:
Facility

Number

Percent

Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

169

31.5%

Ohio Reformatory for Women
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Chillicothe Correctional Institution

37
34
34
32

6.9
6.3
6.3
6.0

North Central Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Belmont Correctional Institution
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Allen Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
Correctional Reception Center
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility

28
25
21
19
16
15
12
12
10

5.2
4.7
3.9
3.5
3.0
2.8
2.2
2.2
1.9

(All Other Facilities Subtotal)

(72)

(13.4)

Total

536

100%

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULTS
A. TOTAL ASSAULTS
2. NOVEMBER 2004 THROUGH OCTOBER 2005
Inmate-on-Staff Assaults
From November 2004 through October 2005
With Monthly Average and Breakdown by Institution

Institution
12-Month To tal
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
166
Ohio Reformatory for Women
44
Ohio State Penitentiary
37
Mansfield Correctional Institution
34
North Central Correctional Institution
29
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
29
Lebanon Correctional Institution
24
Oakwood Correctional Facility
22
Belmont Correctional Institution
18
Madison Correctional Institution
15
Correctional Reception Center
14
Richland Correctional Institution
13
Grafton Correctional Institution
10
Pickaway Correctional Institution
10
Allen Correctional Institution
9
Ross Correctional Institution
9
Warren Correctional Institution
9
Trumbull Correctional Institution
8
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
7
Noble Correctional Institution
6
Toledo Correctional Institution
6
Southeastern Correctional Institution
5
Lorain Correctional Institution
5
Marion Correctional Institution
5
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
5
Montgomery Education and Pre Release Center
3
Corrections Medical Center
1
London Correctional Institution
1
Dayton Correctional Institution
1
Franklin Pre Release Center
0
Hocking Correctional Facility
0
Northeast Pre Release Center
0
Total for All Institutions

545 (One Yr.)

Average/Month
13.83
3.67
3.08
2.83
2.42
2.42
2.00
1.83
1.50
1.25
1.17
1.08
0.83
0.83
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.67
0.58
0.50
0.50
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.25
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.00
0.00
0.00
45.42 (Avg. per Month)

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o From November 2004 through October 2005, there were 545 Inmate on Staff
Assaults system- wide.
o There were no assaults at three prisons: Franklin Pre-Release and Northeast
Pre-Release Centers, and the Hocking Correctional Facility, and only one assault
each at three prisons : the Dayton and London Correctional Institutions, and
Corrections Medical Center
o The largest number of assaults occurred at the Southern Ohio Correctional
Facility with 166 assaults in the period, an average of 14 per month.
o The Ohio Reformatory for Women had the second largest number of assaults
in the period, with 44, an average of four assaults per month, followed closely by
the Ohio State Penitentiary and Mansfield Correctional Institution with 37 and
34 respectively.
o The 12 facilities with the most incidents of inmate on staff assaults are listed
below:
FACILITY
Southe rn Ohio CF

NUMBER

MONTHLY AVERAGE

166

13.83

Ohio Reformatory for Women
Ohio State Penitentiary
Mansfield CI

44
37
34

3.67
3.08
2.83

North Central CI
Chillicothe CI

29
29

2.42
2.42

Lebanon CI
Oakwood CF

24
22

2.00
1.83

Belmont CI
Madison CI
Corr Reception Center
Richland CI

18
15
14
13

1.50
1.25
1.17
1.08

(All other facilities)

100

TOTAL

545

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULTS
B. PHYSICAL ASSAULTS
1. JANUARY 1, 2005 THROUGH DECEMBER 15, 2005

Inmate on Staff Physical Assaults
From January 1, 2005 Through December 15, 2005 With Breakdown By Institution
and Seriousness of Assault
Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Lebanon Correctional Institution
North Central Correctional Institution
Belmont Correctional Institution
Allen Correctional Institution
Correctional Reception Center
Madison Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Warren Correctional Institution
Grafton Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Lorain Correctional Institution
Dayton Correctional Institution
Montgomery Education and Pre Release Center
Franklin Pre Release Center
Hocking Correctional Facility
London Correctional Institution
Marion Correctional Institution
Northeast Pre Release Center
Total
Percent
o

Serious
9
1
3
1
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Minor
43
12
14
11
10
15
9
8
6
3
6
5
6
5
1
2
4
3
4
3
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

No Injury
17
11
5
9
2
2
6
4
4
4
2
4
0
0
1
3
1
1
0
1
2
1
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
69
24
22
21
18
17
16
13
11
9
9
9
7
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0

32
10.9%

176
59.9%

86
29.3%

294
100%

Serious Injury Physical Assault- an assault requiring treatment at a medical facility off
prison grounds. Such injuries would include stab wounds, cut requiring stitches,
concussion/severe head trauma, fractures, serious eye injuries, spinal cord or other nerve damage,
severe bite wounds or serious joint sprains.

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•

There were 294 inmate on staff physical assaults system-wide from January 1,
2005 to December 15, 2005.

•

Of the assaults, nearly 60 percent were “Minor,” and over 29 percent resulted
in “no injury.”

•

A total of 32 “Serious Injury Physical Assaults” were reported, comprising 10.9
percent of the inmate on staff physical assaults. A serious injury physical
assault is an assault requiring emergency treatment at a medical facility off
prison grounds. Such injuries would include stab wounds, cuts requiring stitches,
concussions/severe head trauma, fractures, serious eye injuries, spinal cord or
other nerve damage, severe bite wounds or serious joint sprain.

•

Five prisons had no reported physical assaults: Northeast and Franklin PreRelease Centers, London and Marion Correctional Institution, and Hocking
Correctional Facility.

•

The remainder ranged from a low of one assault each at the Montgomery
Education and Pre-Release Center and Dayton Correctional Institution, to a high
of 69 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

•

The Ohio Reformatory for Women had the second highest number of
assaults, with 24, followed closely by the Mansfield Correctional Institution
and Ohio State Penitentiary with 22 and 21 respectively.

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULTS
B. PHYSICAL ASSAULTS
2. 1997 TO DECEMBER 28, 2005 AT SOCF

Inmate on Staff Physical Assaults at the Southern Ohio Co rrectional Facility
With Breakdown by Year and Seriousness of Assault from
1997 to December 28, 2005

Serious

Minor

No Injury

Physical
Total Assaults
Assault Total
N
%
N
%

YEAR

N

%

N

%

N

%

1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

9
2
4
6
5
9
10
7
10

4.7%
1.5%
3.3%
5.7%
4.8%
6.3%
7.7%
5.9%
5.3%

39
35
28
18
32
30
28
27
46

20.2%
25.5%
23.1%
17.0%
30.5%
21.1%
21.5%
22.7%
24.6%

18
13
13
13
12
25
20
20
19

9.3%
9.5%
10.7%
12.3%
11.4%
17.6%
15.4%
16.8%
10.2%

66
50
45
37
49
64
58
54
75

34.2%
36.5%
37.2%
34.9%
46.7%
45.1%
44.6%
45.4%
40.1%

TOTAL

62

5.0%

282

22.8%

153

12.3%

498

40.2%

193
137
121
106
105
142
130
119
187

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

1,240 100%

•

Inmate Physical Assaults on Staff totaled 498 in the nine-year period, and comprised 40.2
percent of all inmate assaults on staff.

•

Physical Assaults on staff ranged from a low of 37 in 2000 to a high of 75 in 2005.

•

Minor Physical Assaults totaled 282, comprising the largest subgroup of Physical Assaults on
staff. Minor Physical Assaults ranged from a low of 18 in 2000 to a high of 46 in 2005.

•

No Injury Physical Assaults on Staff totaled 153 in the nine-year period, comprising the
second largest group of physical assaults. They ranged from a low of 12 in 2001 to a high of
25 in 2002

•

A Serious Injury Physical Assault is an assault requiring emergency treatment at a medical facility
off prison grounds. Such injuries would include stab wounds, cuts requiring stitches,
concussions/severe head trauma, fractures, serious eye injuries, spinal cord or other nerve damage,
severe bite wounds or serious joint sprain.

•

Serious Injury Physical Assaults totaled 62 in the nine-year period, and comprised the
smallest sub-group of Physical Assaults on staff.

•

Serious Injury Physical Assaults ranged from a low of two in 1998 to a high of 10 such
assaults in 2003 and also in 2005.

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULTS
C. HARASSMENT ASSAULT
1. JANUARY 1, 2005 TO DECEMBER 15, 2005
Inmate on Staff Harassment Assaults
From January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005
With Breakdown by Institution
Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Ohio Reformatory for Women
North Central Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Allen Correctional Institution
Belmont Correctional Institution
Grafton Correctional Institution
Lorain Correctional Institution
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Correctional Reception Center
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Montgomery Education and Pre Release Center
Warren Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Dayton Correctional Institution
Franklin Pre Release Center
Hocking Correctional Facility
London Correctional Institution
Marion Correctional Institution
Northeast Pre Release Center
Total

Total
95
18
12
11
11
10
8
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
202

*Harassment Assault- throwing, expelling or othe rwise causing bodily substance to come into
contact with another, or throwing any other liquid or material on or at another that does
not result in any physical injury to victim.

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•

Harassment Assault is defined as throwing, expelling or otherwise causing a
bodily substance to come into contact with another, or throwing another liquid
or material on or at another that does not result in any physical injury to the
victim.

•

There were 202 incidents of “Harassment Assault” from January 1, 2005 to
December 15, 2005.

•

Ten institutions had no such incidents: The three Pre-Release Centers, the
Corrections Medical Center, Hocking Correctional Facility, and the Dayton,
London, Marion, Noble, and Warren Correctional Institutions.

•

At the remaining institutions, there was one incident each at five facilities. and the
largest number of incidents was at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility,
with 95 such incidents, comprising 47 percent of all harassment assault
incidents.

•

The Chillicothe Correctional Institution had the second largest number of
incidents of inmate on staff harassment, with 18 such incidents.

•

The seven prisons with the largest number of such incidents are:
Facility

Number of Incidents

Percent

Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

95

47.0%

Chillicothe Correctional Institution

18

8.9

Ohio Reformatory for Women
North Central Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution

12
11
11
10
8

5.9
5.4
5.4
5.0
4.0

Other Facilities Subtotal

37

18.3%

Total Incidents System-Wide

202

100%

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULT
C. HARASSMENT ASSAULT
2. SOCF 1997 TO DECEMBER 28, 2005

Inmate on Staff Harassment Assaults at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
From 1997 to December 28, 2005 With Breakdown by Year

YEAR
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
TOTAL

Harassment Total
N
%
122
63.2
80
58.4
72
59.5
66
62.3
53
50.5
74
52.1
70
53.8
64
53.8
106
56.7
707

57.0%

Total Assaults
N
%
193
100%
137
100%
121
100%
106
100%
105
100%
142
100%
130
100%
119
100%
187
100%
1,240

100%

•

Harassment Assault is defined as throwing, expelling, or otherwise causing a
bodily substance to come into contact with another, or throwing another liquid
or material on or at another that does not result in any physical injury to the
victim.

•

In the nine-year period, there were 707 Inmate on Staff Harassment Assaults at
the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, ranging from the low of 53 incidents in
2001 to a high of 122 incidents in 1997. The number in 2005 with 106
incidents, ranks second highest in the nine -year period.

•

The 707 Inmate on Staff Harassment Assaults in the nine- year period comprise 57
percent of the total assaults on staff.

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULT
D. INAPPROPRIATE PHYSICAL CONTACT
1. JANUARY – DECEMBER 15, 2005
Inmate on Staff Inappropriate Physical Contact Assault
From January- December 15, 2005 By Institution
Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Belmont Correctional Institution
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Correctional Reception Center
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Montgomery Education and Pre Release Center
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Warren Correctional Institution
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Lebanon Correctional Institution
North Central Correctional Institution
Allen Correctional Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Grafton Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Lorain Correctional Institution
Dayton Correctional Institution
Franklin Pre Release Center
Hocking Correctional Facility
London Correctional Institution
Marion Correctional Institution
Northeast Pre Release Center
Total

•

Total
9
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30

Inappropriate Physical Contact Assault is defined as physical resistance to a direct
order, or the intentional grabbing, touching (of a non-sexual nature), bumping into
or pushing a staff member that does not result in any physical injury to the staff
member.

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•

Inappropriate Physical Contact is defined as “Physical resistance to a direct
order, or the intentional grabbing, touching of a non-sexual nature, bumping
into or pushing a staff member that does not result in any physical injury to
the staff member.

o There were 30 incidents of inappropriate physical contact by an inmate on a staff
member from January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005.
o The incidents occurred at 12 prisons, ranging from one incident each at six
institutions, to nine incidents at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. The
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility ranked second highest in the number of
incidents, with four incidents.
I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULT
D. INAPPROPRIATE PHYSICAL CONTACT
2. SOCF 1997 THROUGH DECEMBER 28, 2005
Inmate on Staff Inappropriate Physical Contact Assault
At the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
From 1997 through December 28, 2005
With Breakdown by Year

YEAR
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
TOTAL
•

•

•

Inappropriate Total
N
%
4
2.1%
6
4.4%
3
2.5%
2
1.9%
2
1.9%
2
1.4%
2
1.5%
1
0.8%
5
2.7%
27

2.2%

Total Assaults
N
%
193
100%
137
100%
121
100%
106
100%
105
100%
142
100%
130
100%
119
100%
187
100%
1,240

100.0%

Inappropriate Physical Contact is defined as physical resistance to a direct order,
or the intentional grabbing, touching (of a non-sexual nature) bumping into or
pushing of a staff member that does not result in any physical injury to the
staff member.
In the nine-year period, there were 27 incidents of inappropriate physical contact
assault at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, ranging from the low of one
incident in 2004, to a high of six incidents in 1998. There were five incidents
in 2005, ranking second highest in number of such incidents.
The incidents of Inappropriate Physical Contact only comprise 2.2 percent of the
total SOCF Inmate on Staff Assaults in the period.

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULT

E. SEXUAL ASSAULT
1. JANUARY – DECEMBER 15, 2005
Inmate on Staff Sexual Assault*
From January - December 15, 2005
With Breakdown by Institution and by Assault Category
Institution
Completed Attempted Contact Total
Allen Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
Belmont Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
Correctional Reception Center
0
0
1
1
Mansfield Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
Madison Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
North Central Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
Richland Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
0
0
1
1
Noble Correctional Institution
0
0
1
1
Ohio Reformatory for Women
0
0
0
0
Ohio State Penitentiary
0
0
0
0
Oakwood Correctional Facility
0
0
0
0
Lebanon Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Warren Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Grafton Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
North Coast Correctional Treatment Fac.
0
0
0
0
Trumbull Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Pickaway Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Ross Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Toledo Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Southeastern Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Corrections Medical Center
0
0
0
0
Lorain Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Dayton Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Montgomery Education and Pre Rls. Cnt.
0
0
0
0
Franklin Pre Release Center
0
0
0
0
Hocking Correctional Facility
0
0
0
0
London Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Marion Correctional Institution
0
0
0
0
Northeast Pre Release Center
0
0
0
0
Total
*
**

0

0

10**

10

Sexual Assault- non-consensual anal or vaginal penetration or oral sex forced on the
staff member by the inmate.
Sexual Contact Assault- any intentional touching of an erogenous zone of a staff
member by an inmate, including the thighs, genitals, buttock, pubic region, or
breast (for female staff).

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•

There were no attempted or completed sexual assaults from January 1, 2005 to
December 15, 2005 in any Ohio prison.

•

A total of ten Inmate on Staff Sexual Contact Assaults were reported from
January 1, 2005 to December 15, 2005, with one each at ten facilities: Allen,
Belmont, Chillicothe, Madison, Mansfield, North Central, Richland, and
Noble Correctional Institutions, the Correctional Reception Center, and the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

•

All such assaults were reported to be “contact” or “Sexual Contact Assaults”
which is defined as “any intentional touching of an erogenous zone of a staff
member by an inmate.”

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I.

INMATE ON STAFF ASSAULT
E. SEXUAL ASSAULT
2. SOCF 1997 THROUGH DECEMBER 28, 2005

Inmate on Staff Sexual Assaults at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility by Year
and Type of Sexual Assault
From 1997 through December 28, 2005

YEAR

Completed Attempted Contact Total Sexual Assaults
N
N
N
N

Total Assaults
N

1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0

1
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
1

1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1

193
137
121
106
105
142
130
119
187

TOTAL

0

1

7

8

1,240

•
•
•
•

Sexual Assault- non-consensual anal penetration vaginal penetration or oral sex
forced on the staff member by the inmate.
Sexual Contact Assault- any intentional touching of an erogenous zone of a staff
member, including thighs, genitals, buttock or pubic region, or breast (for female
staff).
During the nine-year period, there were eight incidents of Inmate on Staff Sexual
Assault at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, ranging from no incidents in
2003 or 2004, to two incidents in 2002.
Of the eight incidents, all but one were incidents of “Sexual Contact Assault”
(intentional touching). The one incident of Attempted Sexual Assault occurred
in 2001.

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II.

INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULTS
A. TOTAL ASSAULTS
1. NOVEMBER 2004 THROUGH OCTOBER 2005
Total Inmate on Inmate Assaults
From November 2004 through October 2005
With Monthly Average and Breakdown by Institution

Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
North Central Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Ross Correctional Institution
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Belmont Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Allen Correctional Institution
Lorain Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Correctional Reception Center
Warren Correctional Institution
Grafton Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
London Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Franklin Pre Release Center
Marion Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Hocking Correctional Facility
Montgomery Education and Pre Release
Center
Northeast Pre Release Center
Dayton Correctional Institution

12-Month Total
109
32
29
28
27
26
23
22
20
19
17
14
13
13
12
11
10
9
7
6
6
6
6
5
3
3
3
1
1
1

Average/Month
9.08
2.67
2.42
2.33
2.25
2.17
1.92
1.83
1.67
1.58
1.42
1.17
1.08
1.08
1.00
0.92
0.83
0.75
0.58
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.42
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.08
0.08
0.08

1
0

0.08
0.00

TOTAL FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS

483 (One Year
Total)

40.25 (Avg. per
Month)

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•

During the 12- month period there were 483 Inmate on Inmate Assaults systemwide.

•

There were no such assaults at the Dayton Correctional Institution.

•

At the remaining institutions, such assaults ranged from one each at the
Northeast and Montgomery Pre -Release Centers, Hocking Correctional
Facility and Corrections Medical Center, to a high of 109 at the Southern
Ohio Correctional Facility.

•

A monthly average of nine Inmate on Inmate Assaults occurred at the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

•

The North Central Correctional Institution had the second highest number of
Inmate on Inmate Assaults, with 32 in the 12-month period.

•

The prisons with ten or more Inmate on Inmate Assaults in the 12- month period
are provided below:
Facility

Number of Assaults

Southern Ohio CF

109

North Central CI

32

Noble CI
Southeastern CI
Mansfield CI
Oakwood CF

29
28
27
26

Ross CI
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Belmont CI

23
22
20

Richland CI
Madison CI
Chillicothe CI

19
17
14

Lake Erie CI
Trumbull CI
Allen CI
Lorain CI
North Coast CTF

13
13
12
11
10

All Other Facilities

58

Total

483

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II.

INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULTS
A. TOTAL ASSAULTS
2. JANUARY – JUNE 2005
Inmate on Inmate Assaults
From January - June 2005 with Breakdown by Institution
Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
North Central Correctional Institution
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Allen Correctional Institution
Belmont Correctional Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Correctional Reception Center
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Warren Correctional Institution
Franklin Pre Release Center
Grafton Correctional Institution
Lorain Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
London Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Dayton Correctional Institution
Hocking Correctional Facility
Marion Correctional Institution
Montgomery Education and Pre R. Center
Northeast Pre -Release Center
Total

Total
55
20
18
17
15
14
13
13
9
9
9
7
7
7
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
249

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•

During the first six months in 2005, there were 249 Inmate on Inmate Assaults
system-wide.

•

There were no such assaults at six prisons: Corrections Medical Center,
Hocking Correctional Facility, Dayton and Marion Correctional Institutions,
and the Montgomery and Northeast Pre -Release Centers.

•

Inmate on Inmate Assaults ranged from two each at six prisons, to a high of 55
at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

•

The North Central Correctional Facility ranked second highest, with 20 Inmate
on Inmate Assaults in the six month period.

•

The prisons with ten or more assaults in the period are listed below:
Facility

Inmate on Inmate Assaults

Southern Ohio CF

55

North Central CI
Oakwood CF
Southeastern CI
Noble CI
Mansfield CI
Richland CI
Ross CI

20
18
17
15
14
13
13

(All Other Facilities)

(75)

TOTAL

249

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II. INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULTS
B. PHYSICAL ASSAULTS
1. JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2005
Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults
From January through June 2005
With Breakdown by Type and Institution
Institution

Serious Minor

Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Oakwood Correctional Facility
North Central Correctional Institution
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Madison Correctional Institution
Belmont Correctional Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Allen Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Correctional Reception Center
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Warren Correctional Institution
Franklin Pre Release Center
Grafton Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
London Correctio nal Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Lorain Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Dayton Correctional Institution
Hocking Correctional Facility
Marion Correctional Institution
Montgomery Education and Pre Release
Center
Northeast Pre -Release Center

4
0
7
6
3
8
9
4
1
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0

16
11
10
8
11
6
3
8
7
4
2
5
6
5
5
4
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

No
Injury
11
7
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total

0

0

0

0

Total

61

122

29

212

31
18
17
16
15
14
13
13
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0

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•

In the six-month period, there were 212 Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults
system-wide.

•

Six prisons had no assaults : Northeast and Montgomery Pre-Release Centers,
Dayton and Marion Correctional Institutions, Corrections Medical Center and
Hocking Correctional Facility.

•

Of the 212 Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults, 122 (58%) were categorized
as “Minor” and 29 were categorized as “No Injury”.

•

There were 61 “Serious” Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults in the sixmonth period.

•

Serious Injury Physical Assault is defined as an assault requiring treatment at
a medical facility off prison grounds. Such injuries include stab wounds, cut
requiring stitches, concussion/severe head trauma, fractures, serious eye injuries,
spinal cord or other nerve damage, severe bite wounds or serious joint sprains.

•

Serious Injury Physical Assaults ranged from zero at 12 prisons , and one each
at seven prisons, to a high of nine at Richland Correctional Institution.

•

Mansfield and North Central Correctional Institution ranked second and
third, respectively, in the number of Serious Injury Inmate on Inmate
Physical assaults. There were eight incidents at Mansfield Correctional
Institution and seven at North Central Correctional Institution.

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II. INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULTS
C. PHYSICAL ASSAULTS
2. SOCF 2001 TO OCTOBER 12, 2005
Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults at the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility from 2001 to October 12, 2005
With Breakdown by Type and Year
Serious

Minor

No Injury

Physical
Total
N
%

Total Assaults
N

%

YEAR

N

%

N

%

N

%

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

6
7
10
5
6

5.1%
4.8%
7.2%
5.9%
6.0%

12
25
28
17
21

10.2%
17.2%
20.1%
20.0%
21.0%

10
7
6
8
22

8.5%
4.8%
4.3%
9.4%
22.0%

28
39
44
30
49

23.7%
26.9%
31.7%
35.3%
49.0%

118
145
139
85
100

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

TOTAL

34

5.8%

106

17.5%

53

9.0%

190

32.4%

587

100%

NOTE: The Physical Total is the sum of serious, minor and non- injury physical assaults.
The Total Assaults is the sum of physical, sexual and harassment assaults. The
percentages refer to the percentage of total assaults, not the percentage of physical
assaults.
•

In the five- year period, the Total Inmate on Inmate Assaults at SOCF ranged
from a low of 85 in 2004 to a high of 145 in 2002. There were 587 Total Inmate
on Inmate Assaults in the five-year period, an average of 117 per year. The
number of incidents in 2004 and 2005 are below that average, and rank as the
lowest two years of the five-year period in terms of number of Total Inmate on
Inmate Assaults.

•

The following provides the data on Inmate on Inmate Total Assaults in the fiveyear period at SOCF:
Year

Total Assaults

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

118
145
139
85
100

TOTAL

587

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•

Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults totaled 190 in the five-year period, ranging
from a low of 28 incidents in 2001 to a high of 49 incidents in 2005.

•

Data on Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults in the five- year period is provided
below:
Year

Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

28
39
44
30
49

TOTAL

190

•

In 2005, the number of Physical Assaults comprises 49 percent of Total
Assaults, and the largest percentage compared to the other four years in the
period, when Physical Assaults comprised from 23.7 percent to 35.3 percent of
Total Assaults in the year.

•

The number of Physical Assaults averaged 38 per year in the period. In 2001 and
in 2004 the number of Physical Assaults was below their average in the period.

•

There were 106 Minor Injury Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults at SOCF in
the five-year period, ranging from a low of 12 in 2001 to a high of 28 in 2003.
There was an average of 21.2 minor injury incidents per year.

•

Data on the number of Minor Injury Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults at SOCF
in the five-year period is provided below:
Year

•

Minor Injury Physical Assaults

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

12
25
28
17
21

TOTAL

106

There were 53 No Injury Inmate on Inmate Physical Assaults at SOCF in the
five-year period, ranging from a low of six incidents in 2003 to a high of 22
incidents in 2005. SOCF averaged 10.6 such incidents per year in the period,

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though there were only six, seven and eight incidents in 2003, 2002 and 2004
respectively.
•

Data on No Injury Physical Assaults for the five year period is provided below:
Year

No Injury Physical Assaults

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

10
7
6
8
22

TOTAL

53

•

A Serious Injury Physical Assault is defined as an assault requiring
emergency treatment at a medical facility off prison grounds. Such injuries
would include stab wounds, cuts requiring stitches, concussions/severe head
trauma, fractures, serious eye injuries, spinal cord or other nerve damage,
severe bite wounds or serious joint sprain.

•

There were 34 Serious Injury Physical Assaults in the five- year period, ranging
from a low of five incidents in 2004 to a high of 10 incidents in 2003. There
was an average of 6.8 Serious Injury Physical Assaults in the five- year period.
The number of such incidents is below that average in 2001, 2004 and 2005

•

Data on the number of Serious Injury Physical Assaults in the five-year period is
provided below:
Year

Serious Injury Physical Assaults

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

6
7
10
5
6

TOTAL

34

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II INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULT
C. HARASSMENT ASSAULTS
1. JANUARY – JUNE 2005
Inmate on Inmate Harassment Assault
From January- June 2005 with Breakdown by Institution
Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Allen Correctional Institution
North Central Correctional Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Lorain Correctional Institution
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Noble Correctional Institution
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Belmont Correctional Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Correctional Reception Center
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Warren Correctional
Franklin Pre Release Center
Grafton Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
London Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Dayton Correctional Institution
Hocking Correctional Facility
Marion Correctional Institution
Montgomery Education and Pre Release Cntr
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center
Total
•

Total
24
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
35

Harassment Assault- Throwing, expelling, or otherwise causing a bodily substance
to come into contact with another, or throwing an other liquid or material on or at
another that does not result in any physical injury to the victim.

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•

In the first six months of 2005 there were 35 incidents of Inmate on Inmate
Harassment Assault system-wide.

•

The 35 incidents occurred at eight prisons, ranging from one incident each at four
prisons: Southeastern, Pickaway, Lorain, and Chillicothe Correctional
Institutions, to the high of 24 incidents at the Southern Ohio Correctional
Facility. The number of incidents at SOCF comprises 68.6 percent of all
incidents system- wide in the six- month period.

•

Lake Erie Correctional Institution ranked second in the number of incidents of
Inmate on Inmate Harassment Assault, but they only had three incidents in the
six-month period.

II.

INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULT
C. HARASSMENT ASSAULTS
2. SOCF 2001 THROUGH OCTOBER 12, 2005

Inmate on Inmate Harassment Assaults
At the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility from 2001 through October 12, 2005
With Breakdown by Year

YEAR
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
TOTAL

Harassment Total
N
%
90
76.3%
106
73.1%
95
68.3%
53
62.4%
50
50.0%

Total Assaults
N
%
118
100%
145
100%
139
100%
85
100%
100
100%

394

587

67.1%

100%

NOTE: The total number of all assaults (physical, sexual, harassment) is identified in the
last column, Total Assaults. The percentage categories are the number of harassment
assaults divided by the Total Assaults.
•

Harassment Assault is defined as throwing, expelling, or otherwise causing a
bodily substance to come into contact with another, or throwing an other
liquid or material on or at another that does not result in any physical injury
to the victim.

•

In the five year period, the number of Inmate on Inmate Harassment Assaults
totaled 394, ranging from a low of 50 in 2005 to a high of 106 in 2002.

•

The yearly average is 78.8 incidents in the period. The number of incidents in
both 2004 and 2005 is below that average. The number of incidents in 2004 and
in 2005 is far below the number of incidents in 2001, 2002, and 2003.

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II. INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULTS
D. SEXUAL ASSAULT
1. JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2005
Inmate on Inmate Sexual Assaults
From January through June 2005 by Institution and Category of Sexual Assault
Institution
Madison Correctional Institution
North Central Correctional Institution
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Oakwood Correctional Facility
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Noble Correctional Institution
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Richland Correctional Institution
Ross Correctional Institution
Ohio Reformatory for Women
Belmont Correctional Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Allen Correctional Institution
North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility
Correctional Reception Center
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Trumbull Correctional Institution
Ohio State Penitentiary
Warren Correctional
Franklin Pre Release Center
Grafton Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
London Correctional Institution
Toledo Correctional Institution
Lorain Correctional Institution
Corrections Medical Center
Dayton Correctional Institution
Hocking Correctional Facility
Marion Correctional Institution
Montgomery Education and Pre Rls. Center
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center
Total

Completed
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Attempted
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Contact
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0

0

2

2

*

Sexual Assault- non-consensual anal or oral sex forced on the victim by the assailant.

**

Sexual Contact Assault- any intentional touching of an erogenous zone including the
thigh, genitals, buttock, pubic region of one inmates by another that is unwanted by the
victim.

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•

In the six- month period from January through June 2005, there were two incidents
of Inmate on Inmate Sexual Assaults, one at the Madison Correctional Institution,
and one at the North Central Correctional Institution.

•

Both incidents were classified as Sexual Contact Assault, “any intentional
touching…” in contrast to the definition of a completed or attempted Sexual
Assault.”

II. INMATE ON INMATE ASSAULT
D. SEXUAL ASSAULT
2. SOCF 2001 TO OCTOBER 12, 2005
Inmate on Inmate Sexual Assaults at the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility from 2001 to October 12, 2005
With Breakdown by Year and Type of Sexual Assault

YEAR

NOTE:

Completed Attempted Contact Sexual Total Total Assaults
N
N
N
N
N

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

0
0
0
2
1

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
2
1

118
145
139
85
100

TOTAL

3

0

0

3

587

Sexual Assault is defined as non-consensual anal penetration or oral sex forced
on the victim by the assailant.
Sexual Contact Assault is defined as any touching of an erogenous zone
(including thighs, genitals, buttock or pubic region) of one inmate by another that
is unwanted by the victim.

•

In the five-year period, there were three Inmate on Inmate Completed Sexual Assaults,
with none in 2001, 2002 and 2003, two in 2004, and one in 2005.

•

The previous system-wide data is solely for the first six months of 2005, which shows no
Inmate on Inmate Sexual Contacts or Assaults from January through June of 2005 at the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

•

Contact was made with the SOCF Investigator on February 16, 2006 to seek clarification
on the 2005 Sexual Assault. It was relayed that there were two alleged Sexual Assaults
in July 2005, one in the restroom of the inmate dining room, and one in recreation. In
both incidents, it was determined that they were consensual acts. In both incidents, the
alleged victims confessed to that fact. Reportedly, the two 2004 incidents cited above
were also unfounded. There is an apparent need to distinguish between allegations
of Sexual Assault, investigations of such allegations, and verified incidents of Sexual
Assault.