
Welcome to STAR Community Justice Center
STAR Community Justice Center is a 360 bed American Correctional Association (ACA) accredited male and female Community Based Correctional Facility (CBCF), and one of nineteen such facilities in the State of Ohio.
A Community-Based Correctional Facility is a local alternative to prison with the primary purpose of rehabilitation of non-violent, felony offenders in the nineteen counties that STAR serves. (Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Fairfield, Gallia, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, and Washington)
Organizational Framework
- STAR: Team of Public Servants
- STAR’s Mission: To Enhance Public Safety
- STAR’s Vision: Empowering Individuals and Strengthening Communities Through Service
- and Care
STAR’s Organizational Principles:
- a. Achievement – We reach achievement through taking initiative, adapting to
- situations, and using every opportunity to grow.
- b. Commitment – We are committed to helping others by maintaining acceptance,
- being respectful, and showing compassion.
- c. Ethical – We remain ethical by acting with integrity, being honest, and remaining
- accountable.
- d. Responsibility – We act responsibly with the lives with which we are entrusted and
- are good stewards of the resources with which we are granted.
- e. Servanthood – We embrace our roles as public servants by seeking to meet the
- needs in our communities and expecting nothing in return.
Notice of Public Meeting
Who: Facility Governing Board of STAR Community Justice Center
When: Wed. Feb 18th
Where: STAR Community Justice Center, 4696 Gallia Pike, Franklin Furnace, Ohio 45629
Purpose: Regular Meeting for conducting facility business

STAR Community Justice Center is a minimum security correctional facility. Persons who wish to attend this meeting are encouraged to make reservations with the executive director not less than 24 hours in advance at the below listed address or telephone number.
All persons are subject to security searches of their person and their property, including their vehicle.
No person may bring firearms, dangerous ordinance or weapons of any kind, or controlled substances including tobacco products into the facility or onto the grounds, under penalty of law.












