Workhouse records
Those records may be at the individual County Records Center.
Other Ohio prisons not listed here, please contact the individual institution and/or the
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
770 W. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43222
Ph: 614.752.1159
Federal Reformatory at Chillicothe (the Chillicothe Prison)
The prison at Chillicothe was known as the Federal Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio. This was a federal prison that operated between 1926 and 1966. Our archive does not hold copies of prisoner information for the Federal Reformatory at Chillicothe.
NOTE: The BOP is in the process of transferring its pre-1982 inmate records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Learn about Prison Records at the National Archives.