Lorain Correctional Institution

The Lorain Correctional Institution is a state prison in Grafton, Ohio, United States. It is run by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as a reception & distribution center for the northern half of the state.^[1] It stands adjacent and to the north of Ohio's Grafton Correctional Institution.

As of August 2013 Lorain was called one of the state's most overcrowded prisons. In a facility designed for 1089 prisoners, Lorain housed 1473 and stood at 135% capacity, reflecting overcrowded conditions in all of Ohio's state prisons.^[2]

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Coordinates: 41°17′01″N 82°00′56″W / 41.2836°N 82.0155°W / 41.2836; -82.0155

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction prisons
State prisons	Allen Correctional Institution Belmont Correctional Institution Chillicothe Correctional Institution Correctional Reception Center Dayton Correctional Institution Franklin Medical Center Grafton Correctional Institution Hocking Correctional Facility Lebanon Correctional Institution London Correctional Institution Lorain Correctional Institution Madison Correctional Institution Mansfield Correctional Institution Marion Correctional Institution Noble Correctional Institution Northeast Pre-Release Center Ohio Reformatory for Women Ohio State Penitentiary Pickaway Correctional Institution Richland Correctional Institution Ross Correctional Institution Southeastern Correctional Institution Southern Ohio Correctional Facility Toledo Correctional Institution Trumbull Correctional Institution Warren Correctional Institution
Private	Lake Erie Correctional Institution (CCA) North Central Correctional Complex (MTC)
Defunct	Lima Correctional Institution North Coast Correctional Treatment Ohio Penitentiary Ohio State Reformatory Orient Correctional Institution