Violence surges at Dayton’s female prison, report says

Inmate violence has surged in recent years at Dayton’s all-female prison, according to state inspection reports obtained by the Dayton Daily News.

There were 75 inmate-on-inmate assaults last year at Dayton Correctional Institution, compared to 40 in 2015 and 14 in 2014. Inmate-on-staff assaults likewise grew. There were 27 last year, up from 18 in 2015 and only 3 in 2014.

The findings come from an unannounced Correctional Institution Inspection Committee inspection of the Dayton Correctional Institution on June 27 and 28.

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This news outlet obtained the report using Ohio’s public records laws. It also obtained inspections of other state prisons, which the CIIC no longer posts online.

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections officials say there’s a reason for the spike in violence, and they have taken steps to address this and other problems such as a troublesome number of inappropriate staff-inmate relationships.

Click here to read state officials’ response, and read the full DCI inspection report for yourself.

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