Correctional Reception Center Overview
Correctional Reception Center, commonly shortened to CRC, is operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The facility map places CRC at 11271 State Route 762, Orient, OH 43146. The ODRC source located in the research identifies it as a facility in Orient and states that it opened in 1987. Its role is reception and intake for sentenced Ohio prison admissions, which makes it different from both the Pickaway County Jail and a longer-term general-population prison page.
CRC processes people entering ODRC custody. That can include classification, records review, health and safety screening, custody-level decisions, program assessment, and movement planning within the prison system. A person sentenced from Pickaway County may pass through a reception process before placement at another ODRC prison. A person physically in Pickaway County may also be at CRC even though the original sentencing county was somewhere else in Ohio.
Because CRC is a state prison facility, the correct lookup tool is the ODRC Offender Search. The Pickaway County Sheriff's active-inmates roster is for the local jail at 600 Island Road in Circleville. County jail video visitation through ICSolutions, local lobby deposit wording, and the county bond schedule should not be applied to CRC. Use ODRC visitation and funds guidance, ConnectNetwork/GTL prison service channels, and current ODRC facility instructions.
Correctional Reception Center Capacity and Population
The research did not locate a reliable current official capacity or current population count for Correctional Reception Center in accessible ODRC source text. That gap should remain explicit. CRC's reception role means its population can be shaped by intake timing, classification movement, transfer schedules, court commitments, and department-wide placement decisions. A reception facility may have frequent movement in and out, so a stale number would be especially easy to misuse.
For Pickaway County context, CRC should be grouped with the state-prison system rather than the county jail population. The county jail has a BJS/census-vintage benchmark of 125 and sheriff statistics for 2018, 2019, and 2020 Q1. Pickaway Correctional Institution has a 2,186 BJS/census-vintage reference. CRC has an address, operator, opening year, and reception/intake role in the research, but not a verified current capacity. Do not invent a phone, capacity, current population, housing unit count, or official visiting-hours table for CRC.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Correctional Reception Center
Use the official ODRC Offender Search for CRC. The locator displays records for people currently incarcerated in Ohio prisons, under department supervision, judicially released, released from ODRC, or listed under violator-at-large tools. CRC status may change quickly as ODRC completes reception and classification, so a profile should be checked for current institution, status, number, and supervision details rather than relying only on an old facility reference.
- Open ODRC Offender Search and search by last name first. Add first name if the result set is too broad.
- Use the offender number when available. ODRC notes that offender numbers use a prefix and six digits with no spaces or hyphens.
- Use County of Commitment = Pickaway only when the sentence came from Pickaway County. Commitment county is not the same as current facility or residence.
- Open the ODRC profile and confirm whether the current institution is Correctional Reception Center or whether the person has moved to another ODRC facility.
- If the case is a fresh arrest or pretrial hold, search Pickaway County Jail instead. CRC is not the local booking jail.
The ODRC Correctional Reception Center facility page is the facility-specific source matched to the local research.
The facility page confirms the state-prison context, while the ODRC locator should be used to confirm a person's current status because reception-center assignments can change.
Correctional Reception Center Address and Contact
The located research provides the CRC address and state-prison operator, but it did not reliably locate a current official facility phone in accessible source text. For phone routing, verify through the current ODRC facility page or ODRC central contact resources before publication or travel. Do not substitute Pickaway County Jail phone numbers for CRC, because county jail staff and ODRC prison staff handle different custody systems.
Correctional Reception Center
11271 State Route 762
Orient, OH 43146
Operator: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Opened: 1987, per ODRC source located in research
Current facility phone: not reliably located in accessible official source
Visiting Someone at Correctional Reception Center
ODRC visitation rules apply to CRC, but a reception center can have different approval, timing, and availability limits from a general-population prison. The official ODRC visitation overview says the department permits video and in-person visitation, with facility-specific guidelines and availability. The research did not locate a direct CRC visiting-hours table in accessible official text, so no fixed schedule should be published without current ODRC confirmation.
Anyone planning a CRC visit should confirm whether the person is still at CRC, whether visitors are approved, whether video or in-person visits are available for the person's current reception status, what ID is required, and whether the person has transferred. Reception and classification movement can make old visiting information inaccurate. Do not use the Pickaway County Jail ICSolutions windows for CRC, because those are local jail video-visit rules.
| Visitation Item | Current Research Position | Type |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | ODRC permits in-person visitation generally; CRC availability must be confirmed with ODRC. | State prison |
| Video visitation | ODRC permits video visitation generally; CRC-specific access must be confirmed. | State prison |
| Reception status | May affect visiting eligibility and timing. | Reception/intake |
| County jail schedule | Not applicable to CRC. | Separate local jail rule |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Correctional Reception Center
Use ODRC and prison-provider rules for CRC. The research source for ODRC incarcerated-population funds states limits of up to $200 per transaction and $400 per calendar month from an approved source. ConnectNetwork/GTL's ODRC page lists Trust Fund, Debit Link, Messaging, and Photo & Video attachments. Those channels are the prison-side framework. The Pickaway County Jail lobby-deposit note is a county jail fact and should not be used for CRC.
Mail should include the person's correct ODRC name and number or SID when ODRC requires it, but the current CRC mail format should be verified with the facility page or ODRC before sending. Reception status can matter because a person may transfer soon after intake. Sending mail, funds, or documents with incomplete identifiers can delay delivery or cause rejection. The research did not locate a CRC-specific personal-mail rule set, publication rule, photo limit, phone account rule, or current phone number in accessible official text.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | 11271 State Route 762, Orient, OH 43146; verify current ODRC inmate-mail format and identifiers before mailing. |
| Phone / Messaging | ConnectNetwork/GTL ODRC services include Debit Link, Messaging, and attachment products. |
| Money Deposit | ODRC funds research states up to $200 per transaction and $400 per calendar month from an approved source. |
Reception and Intake at Correctional Reception Center
CRC's role is reception and intake after sentencing into ODRC, not street-arrest booking for Pickaway County. A county arrest may begin at Pickaway County Jail, move through court, and result in a prison sentence. After sentencing, ODRC determines reception, classification, and eventual placement. CRC may be the place where the department processes a newly sentenced prisoner before movement to a permanent or longer-term institution.
That stage can create confusion for families and attorneys. The person may disappear from the local jail roster after transfer, but the ODRC profile may still be changing while reception work is underway. The County of Commitment field can identify people sentenced from Pickaway County, but it does not prove that the person is physically in Pickaway County. Search by name and offender number, then confirm the current institution and status directly in the profile.
About Correctional Reception Center
Correctional Reception Center is one of the state-prison facilities that gives Pickaway County a correctional footprint beyond the county jail. It should be described as an ODRC reception and intake prison opened in 1987. The research supports the address, operator, intake role, ODRC locator path, ODRC visitation/funds framework, and the warning that CRC capacity and phone details were not reliably located in accessible official source text.
For records, the ODRC locator is the most important tool. For court history before prison, use the sentencing court and clerk records. For local pretrial custody, use the Pickaway County Jail roster. For federal or immigration custody, use the federal BOP locator or ICE ODLS rather than ODRC. Keeping those channels separate prevents the most common error in Pickaway County custody searches: treating every facility inside the county as if it were the sheriff's jail.
Note: Confirm current ODRC location, CRC visiting availability, mail format, and funds rules before travel or payment.