Marion County

The Detention Center

Multi County Correctional Center

• Operated byMarion-Hardin Corrections Commission (Ohio Rev. Code 307.93)
• Jail address1514 Victory Road, Marion, Ohio (off the Marion-Williamsport exit on US 23)
• Member countiesMarion and Hardin
• CapacityHouses 220 inmates for Marion and Hardin counties
• Established1999
• StaffingUp to 45 corrections officers, 3 sergeants, 4 lieutenants, 2 captains and 13 full-time support staff
• Inmate phone rate$0.13 a minute for all calls (SECURUS)
• Video visitationOne free 30-minute video visit per week, scheduled at smartjailmail.com

Source: Multi County Correctional Center · checked 2026-09-20

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✓Beds and daily population
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✓How to post bond
• ✓Phone, video and commissary rates

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Marion County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-20. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year built1999
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• Beds220

The Sheriff

Sheriff Matt Bayles

• Runs the jailNo — Marion County's prisoners are held at the Multi County Correctional Center, operated by the Marion-Hardin Corrections Commission under Ohio Rev. Code 307.93
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term (Ohio Rev. Code 311.01)
• Office address100 Executive Drive, Marion, OH 43302

Source: Marion County Sheriff's Office (co.marion.oh.us) · checked 2026-09-20

The Judges

Ohio common pleas judges are elected to six-year terms; municipal and county court judges also set bail for people arrested in their areas. They are state judicial officers, not county officials.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-20

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe jail budget, the building itself, and the agreements that send prisoners to a regional jail or rent beds to other agencies. In Cuyahoga and Summit, the elected County Executive and County Council.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and has charge of the county jail by state law (Ohio Rev. Code 341.01) — unless the county uses a regional jail run by a multicounty board.
• NoteCommissioners' offices at 222 W. Center St., Marion, OH 43302; agendas, a public meeting schedule and meeting recordings are published.
• The boardMarion County Board of Commissioners →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →