Pickaway Correctional Institution Overview
Pickaway Correctional Institution, often shortened to PCI, is operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The official ODRC search result located in the research lists the address as 11781 State Route 762, Orient, OH 43146. It also lists phone 614-877-4362, office 614-877-4514, and Warden George A. Frederick. The legal or business mail fragment located in the same source includes P.O. Box 209, 11781 State Route 762, Orient, Ohio 43146.
PCI is a sentenced-prison facility. It does not book new Pickaway County arrestees in the way the Pickaway County Jail does. A person arrested in Circleville or elsewhere in the county may begin in the county jail, go through municipal or common pleas court, and later move into ODRC custody after a prison sentence. Once that movement occurs, the county jail roster is the wrong system. Use ODRC Offender Search for incarcerated people, released people, Adult Parole Authority supervision, violators at large, and judicial-release status shown by the department.
Pickaway County has an unusual local custody map because the county includes both a local jail in Circleville and two ODRC prison facilities in Orient. PCI should be described with prison language: sentenced Ohio prisoners, ODRC records, department visitation approval, ConnectNetwork/GTL services, and facility-specific rules. County jail visitation through ICSolutions and lobby-only county jail deposits do not apply to PCI unless ODRC separately points to a similar service.
Pickaway Correctional Institution Population Reference
A high-authority correctional-population table from Prisoners of the Census lists Pickaway Correctional Institution at 2,186 in the 2020 vintage correctional-population data sourced to BJS and census references. The research file treats this as a population or capacity reference, not as a freshly confirmed current ODRC rated capacity. No accessible ODRC page in the research provided a current official rated capacity, current population, cell count, dorm count, or unit-by-unit breakdown for PCI.
That distinction should stay visible because prison numbers change with transfers, classification decisions, staffing, housing assignments, and statewide ODRC operations. The 2,186 figure is useful for understanding the scale of PCI inside Pickaway County, but it should not be converted into a present-day live count. Readers comparing the local jail and PCI should also remember that the 125 jail benchmark and 2,186 PCI figure describe different systems: a county jail for local custody and a state prison for sentenced custody.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Pickaway Correctional Institution
Use the official ODRC Offender Search for Pickaway Correctional Institution. The locator covers people currently incarcerated in an Ohio prison, currently under ODRC supervision, judicially released, released from ODRC custody, or listed in violator-at-large tools. The search form supports name fields, county filters, status selection, parole-board hearing date, offender number, and result sorting.
- Open ODRC Offender Search and start with the last name. ODRC notes that a last-name search may return exact names and names beginning with the entered term.
- Add first name or offender number only when needed. ODRC guidance says too little criteria is often better than too much when trying to find a match.
- Use County of Commitment = Pickaway if the person was sentenced from Pickaway County, but do not treat that field as current residence or current facility.
- Open the profile and confirm whether the listed institution is Pickaway Correctional Institution, another ODRC facility, APA supervision, released status, or another department status.
- If the case is still a new local arrest, return to the sheriff active-inmates roster for Pickaway County Jail instead of PCI.
The official ODRC Pickaway Correctional Institution facility page is the matching source for facility-specific identity and contact information.
The facility-page image is useful for confirming that PCI is an ODRC institution in Orient, while actual inmate identity and status still come from ODRC Offender Search.
Pickaway Correctional Institution Address and Contact
Use the ODRC facility contact information for prison matters such as visiting status, approved visiting lists, facility routing, business mail, and institution-specific instructions. For an emergency or active law-enforcement matter, follow the appropriate emergency contact path rather than using a general prison office number.
Pickaway Correctional Institution
11781 State Route 762
Orient, OH 43146
Phone: 614-877-4362
Office: 614-877-4514
Warden: George A. Frederick
Legal/business mail source fragment: P.O. Box 209, 11781 State Route 762, Orient, Ohio 43146
Visiting Someone at Pickaway Correctional Institution
ODRC visitation rules apply to PCI. The department visitation overview says ODRC permits video and in-person visitation, but actual availability, approval, scheduling, institutional rules, and visiting hours are facility-specific. Do not use Pickaway County Jail's ICSolutions schedule for PCI. State prison visitors generally need to confirm approval and current availability through ODRC channels before traveling to Orient.
ODRC facility rules can change due to security status, staffing, health restrictions, disciplinary status, housing placement, or statewide policy. A person who recently transferred from a reception center may not have the same visit timing as a long-term general-population prisoner. Verify the approved visiting list, ID requirements, dress rules, allowed property, arrival time, and cancellation policy through ODRC before planning a visit.
| Visitation Item | ODRC Confirmation Needed | Facility Type |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Confirm approval, schedule, and current hours with ODRC/PCI. | State prison |
| Video visits | ODRC permits video visitation, but availability varies by institution. | State prison |
| Visitor approval | Confirm approved visitor status before travel. | State prison |
| County jail schedule | Not applicable to PCI. | Separate local jail rule |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Pickaway Correctional Institution
ODRC and its prison service providers govern PCI money and communication services. The ODRC incarcerated-population funds source located in the research 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 services are prison-specific and should not be mixed with Pickaway County Jail lobby deposit rules.
Mail should follow ODRC facility requirements, including the prisoner's name and offender number or other department identifier when required. The research located a legal/business mail fragment for PCI, but did not extract a full department mail policy for personal correspondence, publications, photos, privileged mail, or rejected-mail procedures. Confirm the current address format through ODRC before mailing personal items, legal material, or funds-related documentation.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Verify current ODRC mail format; source fragment lists P.O. Box 209 and 11781 State Route 762, Orient, Ohio 43146. |
| Phone / Messaging | ConnectNetwork/GTL ODRC services include Debit Link, Messaging, and attachments. |
| Money Deposit | ODRC funds rules located in research: up to $200 per transaction and $400 per calendar month from an approved source. |
Prison Intake and Movement to Pickaway Correctional Institution
PCI is not the first booking point for new Pickaway County arrests. A local arrest normally begins at Pickaway County Jail if local custody is appropriate. Court proceedings then determine whether the person is released, held locally, sentenced to a local term, or sentenced to an Ohio prison term. After a prison sentence, ODRC custody and classification determine placement. A person sentenced from Pickaway County may be housed at PCI, another ODRC prison, a reception center, or another department location depending on classification.
The ODRC County of Commitment field can help identify people sentenced from Pickaway County, but ODRC warns that commitment county does not necessarily match residence. Some individuals have charges from multiple counties, and the first county listed can affect query results. Residential county and ZIP searches apply to APA supervision or violators-at-large statuses, using last recorded addresses rather than guaranteed current location.
About Pickaway Correctional Institution
PCI is part of the wider ODRC prison system. That means statewide prison policies, ODRC victim services, Roberta's Law/SB 160 notification resources, Adult Parole Authority statuses, facility-level visiting rules, and ConnectNetwork/GTL services may all matter for a single lookup. A Pickaway County court case can begin in jail records, then appear in court files, and later become an ODRC record after sentencing. For that reason, the correct lookup path depends on custody stage rather than county geography alone.
When a Pickaway County case results in a prison sentence, the county jail may be only a temporary step before ODRC intake and placement. A later ODRC profile can remain the current custody record even after the older jail roster card is gone. That is why the ODRC locator, not the sheriff roster, controls prison-custody searches for PCI.
Research did not locate a current official PCI rated capacity, current population, detailed program list, housing-unit inventory, or live visitor schedule in accessible ODRC text. The preserved facts are the official facility identity, address, phone numbers, warden name, state-prison status, ODRC locator route, ODRC visitation/funds framework, ConnectNetwork/GTL service channels, and 2,186 BJS/census-vintage population reference.
Note: Confirm ODRC custody location, visitor approval, and mail or funds rules with PCI before travel or payment.