Stark County OH Jail

Stark County OH Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 330-430-3850, 330-430-3800

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Stark County OH Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 4500 Atlantic Blvd NE Canton, OH which is operated locally by the Stark County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Stark County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Canton Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Jail Division is charged with the safe and secure operation of the Stark County Jail. The division is staffed by individuals serving is several different capacities such as Deputy Sheriff's, Corrections Officers, Drug & Alcohol Counselors, Clerks, and Supervisors. In addition contract service employees for food, medical and mental health needs also make up the division as well as volunteers. These persons ensure the security of the jail and provide the wide array of services to the prisoners that are required by state and federal laws. Some of the services are: counseling, visitation, religious, commissary sales and library.

Prisoners confined in the jail include those charged with every type of criminal offense from the most minor traffic charge to those facing capital punishment. This includes prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing, transfer to a state institution, fugitives awaiting return to other states, and those inmates awaiting probation or parole revocations. Also confined in the jail are those persons committed by any of the counties’ three municipal courts, Common Pleas Courts and Domestic Relations Court.

Inmate Services

The purpose of Inmate Services is to assist inmates with non-medical social service needs and to provide inmate programs. The department consists of one supervisor, two officers, one account clerk, one commissary clerk and two clerks that assist in visitation and general office duties.

Inmate Services has many functions and responsibilities, including: commissary; inmate accounts, family and professional visitation; assisting inmates making phone calls for legal representation and social services; prisoner property releases; processing inmate property left behind; sorting inmate mail; inmate haircuts; assembling and distribution of inmate care packages; hygiene kits and handbooks. Inmate Services also arranges and supervises all in-house professional appointments for inmates by outside agencies.

The Stark County Sheriff's Office owns and operates its own inmate commissary. Commissary sales for 2013 totaled $272,585.07. All profits from the sale of hygiene products, clothing, food items and games are used to purchase supplies and equipment for the inmates. These funds are used to purchase hygiene products and clothing for the indigent inmates, winter coveralls and hats for the inmates who work outside and inmate uniforms and footwear.

Inmate Services personnel supervise video visitation for the inmates which has afforded a flexibility not seen in most correctional facilities. This permits simultaneous visitation for males, females and juveniles which was not possible in the past thereby allowing expanded hours and opportunities for visitors. .

Religious Services: Non-denominational Chapel Services and Bible Study classes are provided each week. Currently close to 600 Clergy and volunteers are registered with the jail. Inmate Services conducts background checks on each applicant for registered clergy. Bibles and other religious materials are distributed to the inmates upon request. These books are returned when the inmate gets released from jail.

AA and NA: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are offered weekly to the inmates. These programs are popular with the inmates since it gets them out of their housing unit and they are beneficial in nature to address substance abuse issues. Security background checks are conducted by Inmate Services of the leaders of these groups in the same manner as our registered clergy. Only those inmates who are classified as non-violent may participate in these jail programs. All programs offered at the jail are voluntary in nature and they have a waiting list due to class size limitations.

IARP Program

This is an in-house chemical dependency counseling program for inmates with substance abuse problems. On-site counselors facilitate the groups; provide case management services and aftercare. This program was developed in an effort to control jail overcrowding and to make the most efficient use of a sentenced prisoner’s time in a productive manner. The program is certified by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to provide counseling services. All counselors in the program are Licensed and/or Certified Chemical Dependency Counselors.

visitation Info

PRISON_NAME – Visitation at PRISON_ADDRESS, PRISON_CITY, PRISON_STATE_ABBR

• Monday 9am – 6pm
• Tuesday 9am – 6pm
• Wednesday 9am – 6pm
• Thursday 9am – 6pm
• Friday 9am – 6pm

All visits are non-contact and conducted through a glass partition. This facility may also have a video visitation option, please call PRISON_PHONE for more information and updates to the current rules and regulations.

Inmates are allowed 2 visitors per day