Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2967.27 (2026)

Escorted visits

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March 31, 2003

Latest Legislation:

House Bill 510 - 124th General Assembly

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(A)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction may grant escorted visits to prisoners confined in any state correctional facility for the limited purpose of visiting a relative in imminent danger of death or having a private viewing of the body of a deceased relative.

(2) Prior to granting any prisoner an escorted visit for the limited purpose of visiting a relative in imminent danger of death or having a private viewing of the body of a deceased relative under this section, the department shall notify its office of victims' services so that the office may provide assistance to any victim or victims of the offense committed by the prisoner and to members of the family of the victim.

(B) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules for the granting of escorted visits under this section and for supervising prisoners on an escorted visit.

(C) No prisoner shall be granted an escorted visit under this section if the prisoner is likely to pose a threat to the public safety or has a record of more than two felony commitments (including the present charge), not more than one of which may be for a crime of an assaultive nature.

(D) The procedure for granting an escorted visit under this section is separate from, and independent of, the transitional control program described in section 2967.26 of the Revised Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1990–2022 · leading case: Swihart v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 2014-Ohio-3305.

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Swihart v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 2014-Ohio-3305. · cites it 4× “26 governed vocational and educational furloughs; R.C. 2967.27 governed non-vocational furloughs.”

State v. Benge, 2021-Ohio-152. “A presumption indicates that an offender “shall be released from service of the sentence on the expiration of the offender’s minimum prison term or on the offender’s presumptive earned early release date, whichever is earlier.”

State v. Abdullah, 2022-Ohio-3977, 200 N.E.3d 627. “2d 1103 (2000), where the court found Ohio’s postrelease control statute, R.C. 2967.27, to be constitutional since the postrelease control terms are made part of the sentence imposed by the court and the parole board’s discretionary power to impose postrelease control sanctions…”

State v. Ysrael, 2015-Ohio-332. · cites it 2× “” R.C. 2967.27(D)(1). If a postrelease-control sanction is determined to be necessary and reasonable, the postrelease-control period begins when the offender is released from prison.”

State v. Shannon, 2022-Ohio-4160. “2d 1103 (2000), where the court found Ohio’s postrelease control statute, R.C. 2967.27, to be constitutional since the postrelease control terms are made part of the sentence imposed by the court and the parole board’s discretionary power to impose postrelease control sanctions…”

State v. Meyer, 647 N.E.2d 818 (Ohio Ct. App. 3d Dist. 1994). · cites it 2× “of the Revised Code, grant him a furlough for being a trustworthy prisoner other than a furlough pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2967.27 of the Revised Code, parole, emergency parole, or shock parole until after the expiration of his term of actual incarceration,…”

State v. Sparks, 584 N.E.2d 45 (Ohio Ct. App. 4th Dist. 1990). · cites it 2× “of the Revised Code, grant him a furlough for employment or education, a furlough for being a trustworthy prisoner other than a furlough pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2967.27 of the Revised Code, parole, emergency parole, or shock parole until after the…”

State v. Bobbitt, 2019-Ohio-4005. “imposed by the parole board after the offender’s release from such imprisonment.” R.C. 2967.28(B). “[A] period of post-release control required by this division for an offender shall be one of the following periods: * * * For a felony of the second degree that is not a felony…”

Ohio Rev. Code § 2967.27(B)(2): 1 case

State v. Bobbitt, 2019-Ohio-4005. “imposed by the parole board after the offender’s release from such imprisonment.” R.C. 2967.28(B). “[A] period of post-release control required by this division for an offender shall be one of the following periods: * * * For a felony of the second degree that is not a felony…”

Ohio Rev. Code § 2967.27(D)(1): 1 case

State v. Ysrael, 2015-Ohio-332. “” R.C. 2967.27(D)(1). If a postrelease-control sanction is determined to be necessary and reasonable, the postrelease-control period begins when the offender is released from prison.”

Ohio Rev. Code § 2967.27(F): 1 case

State v. Benge, 2021-Ohio-152. “A presumption indicates that an offender “shall be released from service of the sentence on the expiration of the offender’s minimum prison term or on the offender’s presumptive earned early release date, whichever is earlier.”

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