Allen County OH Jail

The Allen County Jail is a state of the art correctional facility. Its modern design of campus lifestyle with direct and indirect supervision was second to none. It is virtually a “keyless” facility with a main control room personnel acting much like an air traffic controller in a modern airport, allowing access to secured areas of the facility. This Correctional Center was planned to house no more than two hundred and ten inmates at one time, almost triple from the previous Jail. Because of this influx of inmates, a correctional officer staff was added to the Allen County Sheriff’s Office. An initial total of 35 officers was added to the staff of the Allen County Sheriff’s Office. We are very grateful to those citizens of Allen County who supported the effort to modernize the Allen County Jail, and its’ correctional office programs.

Eligible prisoners can take advantage of several programs offered at the jail by contacting the social service staff. Some programs available include (5) hours of physical exercise each week in the form of basketball, jogging, or calisthenics.

• G.E.D.
• Male and female anger management
• Male and female AA/NA
• Spiritual programs
• Library

The jail supplies paperback books and magazines to prisoners upon request. Most books are donated by the public. If you are interested in donating paperback books, contact 419-227-3535 extension 243.

Prisoner Work Program – Eligible prisoners who are sentenced misdemeanors can apply for the work program. There are two forms of prisoner work details, one for inside workers, and the other for outside community-based work. The outside prisoner work program saves the county money and brings a sense of worth and belonging to the prisoner providing the labor. The outside work program limits the availability of prisoner labor to local government agencies such as the Fairgrounds, Engineers Office, Townships, Law Enforcement Agencies, etc.

Inmate Health Care – The Medical services department is responsible for providing medical, dental, and mental health services to prisoners housed at the jail. Quality health care is provided in accordance with the Minimum Standards for Jails in Ohio, and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. The Medical Services Department has been accredited by the NCCHC since 1996. Medical and emergency health care are available 24-hours a day (7) days a week, with a combination of medical professionals including Registered nurses, LPN’s, EMT’s, physician, and dentist.

• Physician-level sick call is conducted (3) days a week, and dental services monthly.
• Mental health services are provided in house with psychiatric care provided as needs necessitate.
• Additional services include screening for tuberculosis, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, lab and x-ray services.

Mental Health – Licensed mental health counselors are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Mental health services include a screening during the reception and a complete mental health evaluation within 14 days of confinement. Suicide prevention and crisis intervention are ongoing.

Dental Care – A dentist visits the jail monthly and provides an x-ray machine, x-ray developer and autoclave for sterilizing instruments. The dentist treats abscessed teeth and periodontal disease and extracts teeth that can not be saved.

NOTICE – Because of medical HIPPA laws, the jails medical staff are prohibited from providing prisoner medical information, or discussing prisoner history, or treatment, to friends, family members, attorney’s, or clergy.