Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5149.03 – Duties of adult parole authority

(A) The adult parole authority shall administer Chapter 5149. and the provisions of Chapter 2967., Chapter 2971., and sections 2301.27 to 2301.32, 2941.46, 2951.06, and 2951.08 of the Revised Code that impose duties upon the authority. The authority may enter into a written agreement with a person or government entity to share information, personnel, and services for one or more of the following purposes: training, crime interdiction, fugitive apprehension, and community supervision. The agreement may permit the authority to act in concert with and provide assistance to a law enforcement agency, as defined in section 5101.26 of the Revised Code, in detecting, tracking, apprehending, or detaining an individual subject to arrest.
(B)
1. (1) As used in division (B) of this section:
  1. (a) "Ohio prisoner" has the same meaning as in section 5120.64 of the Revised Code.
  2. (b) "Out-of-state prisoner" and "private contractor" have the same meanings as in section 9.07 of the Revised Code.
2. (2) The adult parole authority, in order to discharge its duties under Chapters 2967. and 5149. of the Revised Code, may enter into a contract with a private person or entity for the return of Ohio prisoners who are the responsibility of the department of rehabilitation and correction from outside of this state to a location in this state specified by the adult parole authority. If the adult parole authority enters into a contract as described in this division, subject to division (B)(3) of this section, the private person or entity in accordance with the contract may return Ohio prisoners from outside of this state to locations in this state specified by the adult parole authority. A contract entered into under this division shall include all of the following:
  1. (a) Specific provisions that assign the responsibility for costs related to medical care of prisoners while they are being returned that is not covered by insurance of the private person or entity;
  2. (b) Specific provisions that set forth the number of days, not exceeding ten, within which the private person or entity, after it receives the prisoner in the other state, must deliver the prisoner to the location in this state specified by the adult parole authority, subject to the exceptions adopted as described in division (B)(2)(c) of this section;
  3. (c) Any exceptions to the specified number of days for delivery specified as described in division (B)(2)(b) of this section;
  4. (d) A requirement that the private person or entity immediately report all escapes of prisoners who are being returned to this state, and the apprehension of all prisoners who are being returned and who have escaped, to the adult parole authority and to the local law enforcement agency of this state or another state that has jurisdiction over the place at which the escape occurs;
  5. (e) A schedule of fines that the adult parole authority shall impose upon the private person or entity if the private person or entity fails to perform its contractual duties, and a requirement that, if the private person or entity fails to perform its contractual duties, the adult parole authority shall impose a fine on the private person or entity from the schedule of fines and, in addition, may exercise any other rights it has under the contract.
  6. (f) If the contract is entered into on or after the effective date of the rules adopted by the department of rehabilitation and correction under section 5120.64 of the Revised Code, specific provisions that comport with all applicable standards that are contained in those rules.
3. (3) If the private person or entity that enters into the contract fails to perform its contractual duties, the adult parole authority shall impose upon the private person or entity a fine from the schedule, the money paid in satisfaction of the fine shall be paid into the state treasury, and the adult parole authority may exercise any other rights it has under the contract. If a fine is imposed under this division, the adult parole authority may reduce the payment owed to the private person or entity pursuant to any invoice in the amount of the fine.
4. (4) Upon the effective date of the rules adopted by the department of rehabilitation and correction under section 5120.64 of the Revised Code, notwithstanding the existence of a contract entered into under division (B)(2) of this section, in no case shall the private person or entity that is a party to the contract return Ohio prisoners from outside of this state into this state for the adult parole authority unless the private person or entity complies with all applicable standards that are contained in the rules.
5. (5) Divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this section do not apply regarding any out-of-state prisoner who is brought into this state to be housed pursuant to section 9.07 of the Revised Code in a correctional facility in this state that is managed and operated by a private contractor.