Grafton Correctional Institution

The Grafton Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

Grafton Correctional Institution

Location	2500 South Avon Belden Road Grafton, Ohio
Status	open
Security class	minimum and medium
Capacity	2074
Opened	1988
Managed by	Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

The facility was opened in 1988 and houses a maximum of 2,074 inmates at a mix of minimum and medium security levels.^[1]

Notable inmates

• Ronnie Shelton – Serial rapist; died by suicide in 2018.^[2]
• Daniel Petric – Murderer of his mother and attempted murderer of his father.^[3]
• Timothy A. Combs – convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Raymond Fife. Died in prison in 2018.^[4]