Other title: Ohio Department of Administrative Services; Other title: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

"Date of Report: October 2, 2012.""In March 2012, the Office of the Inspector General received a complaint from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) alleging Gayle Blankenship, a state purchasing procurement manager at the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (ODAS), improperly used her position for personal rather than state business reasons. Blakenship allegedly used her position to gain access to Pickaway Correctional Institution (PCI) by: attempting to visit certain correctional facility inmates during her regular work hours for the state; circumventing PCI policies and procedures in order to attempt to send an unapproved gift to an inmate; and sending personal email and communications to PCI employees and inmates during work hours. ... During the course of the investigation, the Office of the Inspector General discovered PCI Corrections Officer Susan Jones abused her position by consenting to the delivery of a gift for an inmate and by aiding in the delivery of the gift sent in violation of PCI policies and procedures."--P. 1