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Correctional Reception Center
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Correctional Reception Center is a state prison located in Pickaway County, Ohio. Reported population: 1,656. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Correctional Reception Center is a state prison for men located in Orient, Pickaway County, Ohio, opened in 1987, owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The facility holds a maximum of 1,562 inmates at various security levels with a population of 1,557 as of February 4, 2024. The prison is immediately adjacent to the state's Pickaway Correctional Institution. It is also the reception center for most male inmates in Ohio except those from Stark, Summit, and Cuyahoga counties.
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Capacity
1,562
Current population
1,656
Occupancy
106%
Year opened
1987
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Ohio Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1987
Region
Ohio
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 106% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 106% · peers avg: 93% (+14%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1562 · peers avg: 547 (+186%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikipedia category â Prisons in Ohio — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q26831346)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Correctional Reception Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/correctional-reception-center
Chicago
"Correctional Reception Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/correctional-reception-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-correctional-reception-cent,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Correctional Reception Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/correctional-reception-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}