ohio reformatory for women

     

In September 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW) opene in Marysville, Ohio. Thirty-four female inmates were transferred from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. ORW is a multi-security, state facility. As of October 2006, 2,011 female inmates were living at the prison ranging from 884 minimum-security inmates all the way up to two inmates on death row. It was the fifth prison in the United States, in modern times, to open a nursery for imprisoned mothers and their babies located within the institution. The Achieving Baby Care Success (ABC) program was the first in the state to keep infants with their mothers.

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