(a) No person shall knowingly convey, or attempt to convey, onto the grounds of a detention facility or of an institution that is under the control of the Ohio Department of Mental Health or the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, any of the following items:
(1) Any deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2923.11, or any part of or ammunition for use in such deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance.
(2) Any drug of abuse, as defined in Ohio R.C. 3719.011.
(3) Any intoxicating liquor, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4301.01.
(b) Subsection (a) hereof does not apply to any person who conveys or attempts to convey an item onto the grounds of a detention facility or of an institution under the control of the Ohio Department of Mental Health or the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities pursuant to the written authorization of the person in charge of the detention facility or the institution and in accordance with the written rules of the detention facility or the institution.
(c) No person shall knowingly deliver, or attempt to deliver, to any person who is confined in a detention facility or to any patient in an institution under the control of the Ohio Department of Mental Health or the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities, any item listed in subsection (a) hereof.
(d) No person shall knowingly deliver or attempt to deliver, cash to any person who is confined in a detention facility.
(e) (1) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (a)(1) hereof that the weapon or dangerous ordnance in question was being transported in a motor vehicle for any lawful purpose, that it was not on the actor’s person, and if the weapon or dangerous ordnance was a firearm, that it was unloaded and being carried in a closed package, box or case or in a compartment that can be reached only by leaving the vehicle.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (c) hereof that the actor was not otherwise prohibited by law from delivering the item to the confined person or the patient and that either of the following applies:
A. The actor was permitted by the written rules of the detention facility or the institution to deliver the item to the confined person or the patient.
B. The actor was given written authorization by the person in charge of the detention facility or the institution to deliver the item to the confined person or the patient.
(f) (1) Whoever violates subsection (a)(1) or (2) hereof or commits a violation of subsection (c) hereof involving any item listed in subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of illegal conveyance of weapons or drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a detention facility or a mental health or mental retardation and developmental disabilities institution, a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(2) Whoever violates subsection (a)(3) hereof or commits a violation of subsection (c) hereof involving any intoxicating liquor is guilty of illegal conveyance of intoxicating liquor onto the grounds of a detention facility or a mental health or mental retardation and developmental disabilities institution, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(3) Whoever violates subsection (d) hereof is guilty of illegal conveyance of cash onto the grounds of a detention facility, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of subsection (d) hereof or a substantially similar state law or municipal ordinance, illegal conveyance of cash onto the grounds of a detention facility is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. (ORC 2921.36)