Tracy Barnhart

Juvenile Corrections

Tracy E. Barnhart is a Marine combat veteran of Desert Storm/Desert Shield. Upon leaving the Marines in 1992, he became a police officer with the City of Galion, Ohio PD. Barnhart was the youngest officer to attain the rank of Staff Lieutenant and established a productive community-oriented policing program. Barnhart then left Galion to become the Chief of Police for the Village of Edison, Ohio where he continued his effective community education programs. Barnhart attained his Ohio Peace Officers Training Commission as a Unit Instructor teaching several law enforcement and correctional courses at the state academy.

In 2000, Barnhart left law enforcement to start a career with the Ohio Department of Youth Services in juvenile corrections at the Marion, Ohio Juvenile Corrections Facility. The Marion Juvenile Correctional Facility is maximum security male correctional facility housing over 320 with over forty beds being super maximum security lock down capable. Barnhart deals with male felony offender’s ages 16 to 21 with violent criminal convictions and aggressive natures.

Tracy has a wonderful wife of over ten years, Nikki and three children Bailey, Aaron and Elise, who take up all his spare time. He spends as much time as he can training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Shawn Chitwood’s in Lexington, Ohio and continues to advance so that he can train others in current officer survival techniques.

Full list of Tracy Barnhart results

Keeping the 'God Complex' at bay
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Sometimes when I read headlines from the world of corrections in a local newspaper, I’ll think to myself, What drives an officer to use force excessively or unnecessarily? I remember when I was you...
When to hold them & when to fold them
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When I refer to the "hold them and fold them" analogy what I am talking about is knowing when its time either to engage or disengage physically from a potentially assaultive inmate. I responded to ...
Violent youth of today - The THUG Life
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"Thugging ain't easy, but it is so very necessary!"I work in a juvenile correctional facility labeled as super Supermax close security. Think about that for a minute: Juveniles, males aged 16 to 21...
Why do youth join prison gangs?
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Youth join gangs for different reason, the common denominator of which, we can safety say, is disaffection —profound identity loss they are looking to regain through the power of a peer group. Reas...
Understanding aggression in the juvenile inmate
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"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." — Vince Lombardi When you first start working in a correcti...
Fightin' words: Does your attitude put you at risk?
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By Tracy BarnhartOhio Department of Youth Services So you want to be a corrections or law enforcement officer. It’s something that you have wanted to do ever since you were bullied on the schoolyar...
Verbal and non-verbal indicators of assault
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By Tracy E. Barnhart When we speak about the use of force, I notice more and more that officers either need or want the green light to be given to them before they act. Deep down, Correctional Offi...