Ohio correctional institutions would check military service for people in custody

Each covered institution would register with the Veterans Reentry Search Service and check whether people in custody have served in the military. The covered institutions include state prisons and listed county and local facilities, including facilities holding people awaiting decisions on charges that can lead to incarceration. An institution need not repeat a check if another covered institution already checked the same person for the same criminal charge. Institutions would collect information during booking and check the service no later than three days after each booking.

Institutions would train staff to use the service and seek free federal training and software installation. The training duties apply to institutions required to use the service; county veterans service commissions may provide the described assistance. If free federal help is unavailable, an institution may pay knowledgeable people to help train qualified staff and may request county assistance. A county veterans service commission may help pay for equipment, software, training, and service use when the federal government does not provide them.

The state corrections director and other covered institutions would adopt rules identifying records that must show verified veteran status. The state corrections director would adopt rules for institutions under state control; other covered institutions would adopt their own rules.