Lebanon Correctional Institution

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Lebanon Correctional Institution
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Location3791 State Route 63
Lebanon, Ohio
Statusopen
Capacity2465
Opened1960
Managed by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

The Lebanon Correctional Institution is a prison in the United States operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Warren County's Turtlecreek Township, about four miles west of Lebanon and two miles east of Monroe and about 32 miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio on State Route 63. It is immediately adjacent to another state prison, the Warren Correctional Institution, and was built in the 1950s on land purchased by the state when the Shaker settlement at Union Village closed in 1912.

The prison opened in 1960 and sits on 1,900 acres (7.7 km²) of land, much of which is used as a farm, including the raising of cows. In 2007, there were 2,532 inmates (1,347 black, 1,163 white, 22 Hispanic) with a total staff of 580, of which 340 are security staff. The prison budget for fiscal year 2005 was $41,082,012, an annual cost per inmate of $19,867.31.

Prison inmates manufacture license plates, license plate stickers, printing, and metal fabrication for institutional furniture in the prison industries plant. [1]

The Lebanon prison was featured on an episode of the National Geographic Channel series Lockdown . The episode, titled "Predators Behind Bars", broadcast on March 4, 2007.

Notable inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Dellmus Colvin A536490Serving a life sentence. [2] Convicted in 2006 of murdering 6 people. [3] [4] [5] In 2011, he was convicted of another murder in New Jersey. [6] [7] [8]
Matthew Starr PuccioA667706Serving a life sentence. [9] Convicted in the 2012 murder of his girlfriend, Jessica Rae Sacco, in which her body was then dismembered with the help of 4 other people. [10] [11] [12] [13]

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Dellmus Charles Colvin is an American serial killer who, during his employment as a truck driver, kidnapped and murdered at least six women in Ohio between 2000 and 2005. He was arrested after a DNA profiling exam exposed his guilt in two of the murders, and not long after he confessed to the other crimes and an earlier 1987 murder in New Jersey. He is currently serving six life sentences at the Lebanon Correctional Institution.

References

  1. ↑ Lebanon Correctional Institution
  2. ↑ "Serial killer podcast leads to bones found in Peru; Ex truck-driver admits to murder". September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in 4 Murders". Los Angeles Times. 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  4. ↑ "Trucker admits role in deaths of 4 women". The Denver Post. 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  5. ↑ "Colvin tied to 6th murder". The Blade. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  6. ↑ "Truck driver convicted of killing six prostitutes in Ohio to face charges in slaying of N.J. woman 24 years ago". nj. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  7. ↑ "Serial killer pleads guilty to murdering Somers Point woman in Atlantic City in 1987". Press of Atlantic City. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  8. ↑ "Guilty plea in killing of NJ woman in 1987 | ABC7 Los Angeles | abc7.com". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  9. ↑ "Man gets life for slaughter of lover". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  10. ↑ "Police: Dismembered Ohio woman lived with killer". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  11. ↑ Glynn, Casey (2012-04-04). "5 charged in Ohio woman Jessica Sacco's death, dismemberment - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  12. ↑ "5 indicted in Ohio woman's dismembering". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  13. ↑ "Ohio man pleads guilty to dismembering girlfriend". News-Herald. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2024-02-12.

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