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Grafton Correctional Institution
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Grafton Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Lorain County, Ohio. Rated capacity: 1,234. Reported population: 1,141. Security level: Close. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Grafton Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The facility was opened in 1988 and houses a maximum of 2,074 inmates at a mix of minimum and medium security levels.
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Capacity
1,234
Current population
1,141
Occupancy
92%
Year opened
1988
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Ohio Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1988
Region
Ohio
Security level
Close
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.
Notable inmates
- Daniel Petric1991
Daniel PetriÄ (Serbian Cyrillic: ÐаниÑел ÐеÑÑиÑ; born August 24, 1991) is an American convicted murderer from Wellington, Ohio.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData 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 (Q28446549)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Grafton Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/grafton-correctional-institution
"Grafton Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/grafton-correctional-institution.
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