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| To enact section 5145.031 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require the Director of Rehabilitation and | 2 |
| Correction to adopt rules governing the work of | 3 |
| prisoners at the Governor's residence. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 5145.031 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 5145.031. (A) The rules adopted by the director of | 7 |
| rehabilitation and correction under division (B) of section | 8 |
| 5145.03 of the Revised Code shall include all of the following | 9 |
| with regard to prisoners who work at the governor's residence: | 10 |
| (1) A requirement that the criminal history of any prisoner | 11 |
| who may be assigned to work at the governor's residence be | 12 |
| reviewed before the prisoner is so assigned and a prohibition | 13 |
| against any prisoner with a record of violent offenses, sexual | 14 |
| offenses, or multiple felonies of the first or second degree | 15 |
| working at the governor's residence; | 16 |
| (2) A requirement that all prisoners who work at the | 17 |
| governor's residence be under the direct and immediate supervision | 18 |
| and control of corrections professionals or law enforcement | 19 |
| officers at all times and that the corrections professionals or | 20 |
| law enforcement officers have access to all parts of the | 21 |
| governor's residence to which the prisoners have access; | 22 |
| (3) A clear definition of the boundaries at and around the | 23 |
| governor's residence beyond which prisoners may not go, the | 24 |
| immediate removal from and ineligibility for future employment at | 25 |
| the governor's residence of any prisoner who goes beyond the | 26 |
| boundaries, and the training of all personnel who work at the | 27 |
| governor's residence in the rules pertaining to the boundaries; | 28 |
| (4) Restrictions on the access of prisoners to dangerous | 29 |
| tools, including procedures to ensure that every prisoner is | 30 |
| assigned only tools appropriate for the job the prisoner is to | 31 |
| perform, is required to sign a log for each tool upon taking it | 32 |
| from and returning it to storage, and does not have unsupervised | 33 |
| access to axes, chainsaws, or other dangerous, portable | 34 |
| implements. | 35 |
| (B) The director of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt | 36 |
| the rules required by division (A) of this section in consultation | 37 |
| with the department of public safety and the department of | 38 |
| administrative services. | 39 |