Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility Overview
The Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility, often shortened to CBCF, is located at 1745 Alum Creek Dr., Columbus, OH 43207. Research §11 lists Domonique Paige as executive director in the official county source. The facility is minimum-security, residential, and prison-diversion focused.
The facility is separate from Sheriff Dallas Baldwin's county jail system. If a person is in ordinary sheriff jail custody instead of CBCF, the right local jail source is the FCSO Inmate Information page and Booking Find system, not the CBCF agency page.
CBCF serves adult male felony offenders who are on community control or post-release control before arrival. Completion can be a probation or parole condition, and residents may be sentenced up to 180 days. That makes the facility part of Franklin County's correctional map, but it is not the same as a county jail booking center.
The screenshot below comes from the official county CBCF agency page at franklincountyohio.gov.
Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility Capacity and Population
The Ohio Auditor's 2024 CBCF performance audit is the key source for capacity and resident count. Research §15 states that CBCF has 179 residential spaces and an FY 2023 average daily resident count of 145, about 81 percent of available spaces. These numbers describe a diversion residential population, not the Franklin County jail population.
That distinction should stay clear in any Franklin County inmate population discussion. A sheriff jail count measures people in local jail custody after arrest, during pretrial detention, while serving a local sentence, or while waiting for transfer. CBCF's count measures residents in a structured correctional program tied to supervision and court orders. It is a custody-related population, but it is not a jail booking total and should not be mixed with mugshot or roster claims.
How to Look Up a Resident at Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility
CBCF should not be searched like an ordinary jail roster facility. The sheriff's Booking Find is for current Franklin County jail inmates, while CBCF is a court-connected residential program. For resident status, start with CBCF directly, then use the supervising court, probation, parole, or docket record that sent the person there. The county CBCF building page can help confirm the physical location, but it is not a resident roster.
A missing sheriff roster result does not prove a person is at CBCF. It may mean the person was released, transferred, sentenced to ODRC, held in another jurisdiction, or never booked into sheriff custody. For CBCF specifically, the better trail is the court case, supervision status, referral record, or direct facility confirmation. That is especially true because CBCF residents may come from multiple counties and are already in a post-sentencing or supervision setting.
- Call CBCF at (614) 525-4600 for facility-level routing and resident-status questions.
- Search the Franklin County Municipal Court or Common Pleas CIO case portals if the placement is tied to a local case.
- Use probation, parole, or supervising-court information when the person entered CBCF as a condition of community control or post-release control.
- Use the sheriff Booking Find only if the person may have returned to ordinary county jail custody.
Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility Address and Contact
The facility has its own public phone and fax, separate from the sheriff's jail information line. Use CBCF's direct contact first for program and resident-routing questions.
Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility
1745 Alum Creek Dr.
Columbus, OH 43207
(614) 525-4600
Fax: (614) 525-4606
Visiting Someone at Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility
The provided research does not include a public CBCF visitor schedule, mail rule set, or commissary table comparable to FCSO jail rules. Because CBCF is a residential correctional program, visitor access should be confirmed directly with the facility and any supervising officer before travel.
| Question | Best Source | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Resident visitation | CBCF direct phone | No fixed schedule was captured in the research |
| Court placement status | Supervising court or docket | Program placement is court/probation/parole connected |
| Probation or parole condition | Supervising officer or agency | Completion may be a supervision requirement |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility
The research does not support applying sheriff jail digital-mail or Access Corrections commissary rules to CBCF residents. Do not send jail-style Phoenix scanning mail or kiosk deposits unless CBCF confirms that instruction for the specific resident. Use the facility phone and program staff for current mailing, property, phone, and payment directions.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Confirm with CBCF before sending; no captured jail-style mail format applies | |
| Phone / resident contact | Call (614) 525-4600 for program-specific rules |
| Money or property | Confirm with CBCF; do not assume FCSO jail commissary rules |
Admission and Referral at Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility
CBCF admission is not street-arrest booking. Research §11 and §17 describe a residential prison-diversion facility for adult male felony offenders. Residents may be sentenced up to 180 days, can come from multiple counties, and are already on community or post-release control before arrival. The county referral page at CBCF Referral is the local source for referral and sentencing basics.
All residents participate in cognitive behavioral interventions according to the Ohio Auditor material summarized in the research. The county page describes CBCF as minimum-security and ACA-accredited.
Program completion can become part of a probation or parole plan. That means a CBCF record may matter to a court, supervising officer, defense attorney, family member, or treatment provider, but it still does not function like an arrest booking profile. Searches for charges, warrants, or bond should go through the clerk and court portals. Searches for a new jail booking should go through the sheriff roster.
About Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility
CBCF fills the space between jail, prison, and community supervision. It is physically in Franklin County and holds people under correctional control, but its purpose is structured residential diversion and behavior-change programming rather than new arrest booking. This distinction matters for searches: a CBCF resident may be easiest to confirm through program contacts and court records, while a person booked into sheriff jail custody belongs in Booking Find.
The Ohio Auditor performance audit gives CBCF local population context beyond a single address. It identifies Franklin County as a county of about 1.3 million people across 532 square miles and describes CBCF as a residential facility with three housing units. The audit's FY 2023 average daily resident figure helps show how the program fits beside the larger sheriff jail system and the state medical prison in Columbus.
For public-records routing, keep the agency line clear. CBCF program questions start with CBCF. Court orders and docket entries start with Municipal Court or Common Pleas, depending on the case. Sheriff booking records start with FCSO. ODRC prison custody starts with the statewide locator. Using the right channel saves time and avoids treating a residential diversion placement as a new jail arrest.
Note: Confirm resident status and visitor rules with CBCF directly; sheriff jail roster rules may not apply.
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