Toledo Correctional Institution

The Toledo Correctional Institution (ToCI) is a state prison for men located in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

Toledo Correctional Institution

Front portion of the prison.
Interactive map of Toledo Correctional Institution
Location	2001 E Central Avenue Toledo, Ohio
Status	open
Security class	Maximum (level 3-4)
Capacity	1208
Opened	2000
Managed by	Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

The facility was opened in 2000, and houses approximately 750 maximum security inmates. The Toledo Correctional Institution houses Protective Custody inmates Level 3 and above, Level 4 offenders, and ERH1, ERH2, and ERH 3 level inmates. ERH is the highest security levels in Ohio. John Putnam, who participated in the special forces rescue of captured Private First Class Jessica Lynch in Iraq, assisted in the development of the outer security barriers.^[1]

Notable inmates

• Donald Harvey - Serial killer. Died during incarceration.
• John Parsons - Murdering a police officer. Was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in 2006 for escaping from the Ross County Jail. Serving a life sentence.
• Daniel Groves - Convicted alongside his wife, Jessica, for the murder of their four-month-old son Dylan Groves.
• Gerson Fuentes - Child molester of a nine year old girl who was in national news in 2022