Marion Correctional Institution (Ohio)

The Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) is a minimum- and medium-security prison for men located in Marion, Marion County, Ohio, owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.[1] [2]

Marion Correctional Institution
Location940 Marion-Williamsport Road
Marion, Ohio
Statusopen
Security classmedium and minimum
Capacity2623
Opened1954
Managed byOhio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

The facility first opened in 1954 and has a working population of 2,623 state inmates. The facility is close to the North Central Correctional Complex, a private prison also housing Ohio state inmates.

In 2015, two prisoners built two PCs with parts that were used to do malicious actions on the prison's secure network. [3]

On April 18, 2020, approximately 50 National Guardsmen were activated to assist staff after nearly two thousand prisoners and staff tested positive for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus. One correction officer had died by that point,[4] and nearly three-quarters of prisoners had tested positive.[5]

In May 2020 Jay Z and rapper Meek Mill, through their group REFORM Aliiance, donated 10 million protective masks to correctional systems throughout the United States, including MCI.[6]

Notable inmates

References
  1. "Marion Correctional Institution". Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. Lacey Crisp (April 20, 2020). "Nearly 2,000 inmates at Marion Correctional Institution test positive for COVID-19". 10tvWBSN.
  3. Martin, Alexander. "Prisoners built two PCs from parts, hid them in ceiling, connected to the state's network and did cybershenanigans". The Register. Situation Publishing. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  4. Staff, wire (April 18, 2020). marionstar.com https://www.marionstar.com/story/news/local/2020/04/18/ohio-prison-marion-correctional-coronavirus-cases-covid-19-national-guard-called/5159921002/. Retrieved April 18, 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Rachel Maddow (April 21, 2020). "Nearly 2,000 inmates at Marion Correctional Institution test positive for COVID-19". MSNBC.
  6. Jay-Z, Meek Mill to send 10 million masks to prisons Retrieved May 12, 2020

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