What You Can't Bring Into Lebanon Corrections (And What Happens If You Try)
Think of visiting Lebanon Correctional Institution like going through airport security: travel light, leave extras behind, and don't test the rules. Certain items can get you turned away, searched, or even facing criminal charges.
Leave all electronics behind. Cell phones, smart watches, pagers, and similar devices are banned from the visiting area. This isn't just a facility rule. Cellular telephones and other electronic communication devices are specifically prohibited under Ohio law, and trying to bring them onto the grounds can land you in legal trouble.
Leave your bags behind. Purses, handbags, backpacks, and anything similar are not allowed during visits. Plan to walk in carrying only what fits in your pockets.
- ✓ Electronic devices of any kind (including smart watches, cell phones, pagers)
- ✓ Purses, handbags, backpacks, or similar items
- ✓ Cash
- ✓ Cellular telephones and other electronic communication devices (these are specifically listed as prohibited items under Ohio law)
ODRC takes a zero-tolerance approach to drugs, alcohol, and weapons. If you knowingly bring (or attempt to bring) any of these onto the grounds, you're not just risking your visit. You're risking criminal charges.
Legal risk: Cash and cellular telephones are among the items specifically prohibited under Ohio Revised Code. Bringing them onto the grounds can lead to prosecution, not just confiscation or a denied visit.
Even if the item seems harmless, you cannot hand anything directly to the incarcerated person during a visit. Packages, letters, money, printed materials: none of it can pass visitor-to-inmate. Everything has to go through the mail according to policy.
- Do not bring items to pass over during your visit. Packages, letters, money, and printed materials are not allowed to be delivered in the visiting room.
- Use the mail process instead. Send items through the mail the way the policy requires so they can be properly screened and processed.
- Keep your visit focused on the visit. If you have something you think needs to be delivered, handle it separately through approved channels rather than trying to carry it into visitation.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Empty your pockets before you leave home or before you get out of the car, especially removing cash
- ✓ Leave all electronics behind, including smart watches, cell phones, and pagers
- ✓ Do not bring purses, handbags, backpacks, or similar items into the visiting area
- ✓ Never attempt to bring drugs, alcohol, or weapons onto the grounds (ODRC treats this as zero-tolerance)
- ✓ Do not bring packages, correspondence, money, or printed materials expecting to hand them to the incarcerated person
When in doubt: Don't bring it. Anything that looks like a delivery attempt, or anything covered by ODRC zero-tolerance rules, can cost you your visitation privileges and lead to legal consequences.
Your safest bet is to arrive with as little as possible: no electronics, no bags, no cash. Keep gifts, paperwork, and money out of the visiting room entirely. If something needs to reach the incarcerated person, it goes through the mail process, not hand-to-hand during a visit.
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