Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-512.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-512.1
Credits for compliance with terms and conditions of
Status: in_force

parole supervision.

A. Every offender released to parole supervision may be

eligible to earn credits for compliance with the terms and

conditions of parole supervision that reduce the term of

supervision. For every calendar month of compliance with the terms

and conditions of parole supervision, the Department of Corrections

may award the offender earned credits equal to thirty (30) calendar

days to be applied toward a reduction of the parole supervision

period. For the purposes of this section, "compliance" may be

defined as the absence of a violation report submitted by a

probation and parole officer during a calendar month. No person

convicted of an offense under Section 13.1 or subsection C, D, E, F,

G, or J of Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be

eligible for earned credits pursuant to this section.

B. The Department of Corrections may develop written policies

and procedures necessary for the implementation of earned credits as

authorized pursuant to this section. The policies and procedures

developed by the Department of Corrections may include, but are not

limited to, written guidelines regarding the process to earn credits

and the application of the credits toward the reduction of the term

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of supervision, the collection of data related to who earns credit,

how much is applied and how much of the supervision period is

reduced.

C. The Department may maintain a record of credits earned by an

offender under this section. At least every six (6) months from the

date the offender is placed on parole supervision, the Department

may notify the offender of the current parole supervision

termination date.

D. The Department may notify the Pardon and Parole Board of the

impending parole supervision termination date not less than thirty

(30) days prior to the expected date. However, nothing in this

section may prohibit the Department from requesting an earlier

parole supervision termination date.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-530 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-530
Receiving center for new prisoners
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the State Legislature that all new prisoners

sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections will be

processed through the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center or

at a place determined by the Director of the Department of

Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall ensure

administration of a risk and needs assessment, as defined in Section

502 of this title, physical and psychological examinations, mental

health and substance abuse screens, inventory vocational skills, and

assess educational and training needs. A risk and needs assessment

shall not be required for any inmate who had a risk and needs

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assessment administered by personnel certified by the Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services within six (6) months of

being sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections.

The Department of Corrections shall determine initial security and

custody classifications, plan for immediate or possible future

assignment to an institution, community treatment center or other

alternative to incarceration authorized by law, provide orientation

and instruction with respect to rules and procedures for prisoners,

and perform other such activities deemed necessary by the Department

of Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-564 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-564
Inmates to exhaust administrative remedies
Status: in_force

An inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections shall

completely exhaust all available administrative remedies on all

potential claims against the state, any governmental entity, the

Department of Corrections, a private company providing services to

the Department of Corrections, or an employee of the state, any

governmental entity, the Department of Corrections, or a private

company providing services to the Department of Corrections prior to

initiating an action in district court. Upon release from custody

an inmate shall be barred from bringing any action for a claim

arising during custody or incarceration in which the inmate has

failed to exhaust all administrative remedies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-400 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-400
Acute psychiatric care units
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish

units at one or more institutions for the care and treatment of

inmates who are or become in need of acute psychiatric care. The

Department shall have the following powers and duties in the

operation thereof:

1. The Department shall establish procedures to outline means

of identification of inmates who are or become in need of acute

psychiatric care and for assignment of such inmates to the units

described in this subsection. Prior to assignment there shall be a

due process hearing conducted by the Department of Corrections to

determine whether the inmate is in need of acute psychiatric care.

The inmate shall be entitled to have a staff representative

appointed to represent the inmate, if he or she so requests, but

shall not have an attorney appointed or paid by the Department to

represent the inmate at the administrative hearing; and

2. Once an inmate has been assigned to a unit described in this

subsection, treatment and medication may be administered to the

inmate as provided in Section 5-204 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-57 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-57
Separate rooms for different classes and genders – Classifying prisoners – Double-celling
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 2

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 3Classifying prisoners – Double-celling barrack-style living space -

Construction contracts with private contractors.

A. In the city and county jails in this state, there shall be

provided sufficient and convenient apartments for confining

prisoners of different genders and classification separate and apart

from each other. Changes in prisoner capacity shall be reported by

the sheriff within thirty (30) days of the change to the Department

of Corrections. For purposes of this section, “prisoner capacity”

means the capacity determined by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to

Section 317 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. In the city and county jails in this state, there shall be a

system of classifying prisoners, based upon the severity of the

charges, past criminal history, and other relevant factors.

C. In the city and county jails in this state, prisoners

classified pursuant to subsection B of this section may be confined

two per cell or barrack-style, provided the living space meets the

square footage requirements set forth in the Oklahoma Jail Standards

Act.

D. All funds used by the Department of Corrections to contract

with private contractors for the building of prisons and pre-release

centers will be subject to appropriations by the Legislature.

E. Nothing in this section shall authorize contracts with

private contractors for construction of prison facilities, unless

authorized by the Legislature.

F. As used in this section, “barrack-style” means a single

designated space within a city or county jail facility for the

purpose of housing three or more inmates.

R.L. 1910, § 4595. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 307, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 30, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 367, § 4, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994; Laws

1995, c. 1, § 19, emerg. eff. March 2, 1995; Laws 2003, c. 82, § 2,

emerg. eff. April 15, 2003; Laws 2023, c. 35, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2023; Laws 2025, c. 11, § 16, emerg. eff. April 28, 2025.

NOTE: Laws 1994, c. 368, § 1 repealed by Laws 1995, c. 1, § 40,

emerg. eff. March 2, 1995.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-508.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-508.2
Renumbered as § 1517 of Title 22 by Laws 2003, c. 340, §
Status: in_force

3, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-538 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-538
Vocational-technical education policies and programs
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Human Services, through the State

Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the State Board of Career

and Technology Education shall implement policies and programs

consistent with available funds and applicable federal statutes,

rules and regulations, to provide appropriate education,

rehabilitation and vocational-technical training for persons in

custody of the Department of Corrections who are candidates for work

release programs, parole or release. It is the intent of the

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Oklahoma Legislature that such programs will be available so that

said education and training will reasonably be expected to be

completed before parole, release or work release begins.

B. The Department of Corrections shall work cooperatively with

the State Department of Rehabilitation Services and the State Board

of Career and Technology Education to provide suitable candidates to

allow reasonable cost effectiveness in the operation of said

education, rehabilitation and training programs. This shall be

accomplished through development of a method for screening and

classification of persons in all facilities operated by the

Department of Corrections, such screening and classification to be

done cooperatively with the above named agencies.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509.4 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-509.4
Special treatment program for inmates with severe
Status: in_force

psychiatric problems.

The Department of Corrections shall develop and implement a

special treatment program for inmates with severe psychiatric

problems, including inmates convicted of sex-related offenses and

inmates that have prior convictions for sex-related offenses.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-502 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-502
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Board” means the State Board of Corrections;

2. “Department” means the Department of Corrections of this

state;

3. “Director” means the Director of the Department of

Corrections;

4. “Halfway house” means a private facility for the placement

of inmates in a community setting for the purpose of reintegrating

into the community inmates who are nearing their release dates. The

term shall not include private prisons;

5. “Institutions” means the Oklahoma State Penitentiary located

at McAlester, Oklahoma; the Oklahoma State Reformatory located at

Granite, Oklahoma; the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center

located at Lexington, Oklahoma; the Joseph Harp Correctional Center

located at Lexington, Oklahoma; the Jackie Brannon Correctional

Center located at McAlester, Oklahoma; the Howard McLeod

Correctional Center located at Atoka, Oklahoma; the Mack H. Alford

Correctional Center located at Stringtown, Oklahoma; the Jim E.

Hamilton Correctional Center located at Hodgen, Oklahoma; the Mabel

Bassett Correctional Center located at McLoud, Oklahoma; the R.B.

“Dick” Conner Correctional Center located at Hominy, Oklahoma; the

James Crabtree Correctional Center located at Helena, Oklahoma; the

Jess Dunn Correctional Center located at Taft, Oklahoma; the John

Lilley Correctional Center located at Boley, Oklahoma; the William

S. Key Correctional Center located at Fort Supply, Oklahoma; the Dr.

Eddie Warrior Correctional Center located at Taft, Oklahoma; the

Northeast Oklahoma Community Corrections Center located at Vinita,

Oklahoma; the Clara Waters and Kate Barnard Community Corrections

Centers located at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the Community

Corrections Centers located at Lawton, Enid, Oklahoma City and Union

City; the Charles E. “Bill” Johnson Correctional Center, located

east of Alva, Oklahoma; the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center

located at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma; and other facilities under the

jurisdiction and control of the Department of Corrections or

hereafter established by the Department of Corrections;

6. “Intermediate revocation facility” means a corrections

center operated by the Department of Corrections or a private

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facility or public trust operating pursuant to contract with the

Department of Corrections which provides housing and intensive

programmatic services for offenders who have violated the terms or

conditions of probation as determined by a supervising probation

officer. “Intensive programmatic services” offered by the

Department of Corrections includes, but shall not be limited to,

alcohol and substance abuse counseling and treatment, mental health

counseling and treatment and domestic violence courses and treatment

programs;

7. “Intermediate sanctions facility” means a community

corrections center operated by the Department of Corrections or a

private facility or public trust operating pursuant to contract with

the Department of Corrections which provides for the housing and

programmatic services of offenders such as probation or parole

violators or community sentenced offenders placed in the facility

for disciplinary sanctions, work release offenders, offenders who

need intensive programmatic services, or offenders who have

demonstrated positive adjustment while in an institutional setting

who need additional programmatic services to enhance their reentry

into society upon release from a prison term; and

8. “Private prison contractor” means:

a. a nongovernmental entity or public trust which,

pursuant to a contract with the Department of

Corrections, operates an institution within the

Department other than a halfway house or intermediate

sanctions facility, or provides for the housing, care,

and control of inmates and performs other functions

related to these responsibilities within a minimum,

medium, or maximum security level facility not owned

by the Department but operated by the contractor, or

b. a nongovernmental entity or public trust which,

pursuant to a contract with the United States or

another state, provides for the housing, care, and

control of minimum or medium security inmates in the

custody of the United States or another state, and

performs other functions related to these

responsibilities other than a halfway house or

intermediate sanctions facility within a facility

owned or operated by the contractor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-6 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-6
Courts may sentence to hard labor
Status: in_force

Any court, justice of the peace, police court or police

magistrate, in cases where such courts have jurisdiction under the

laws of this state, or as provided by the ordinances or charter of

any incorporated town or city in the state, shall have full power

and authority to sentence such convict to hard labor as provided in

this article.

R.L. 1910, § 4608.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-510
Penal institutions — Director's specific powers and
Status: in_force

duties.

A. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall have the

following specific powers and duties relating to the penal

institutions:

1. To appoint, subject to the approval of the State Board of

Corrections, a warden for each penal institution;

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2. To fix the duties of the wardens and to appoint and fix the

duties and compensation of such other personnel for each penal

institution as may be necessary for the proper operation thereof.

However, correctional officers hired after November 1, 1995, shall

be subject to the following qualifications:

a. the minimum age for service shall be twenty (20) years

of age. The Director shall have the authority to

establish the maximum age for correctional officers

entering service,

b. possession of a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours

from an accredited college or university, or

possession of a high school diploma acquired from an

accredited high school or GED equivalent testing

program,

c. satisfactory completion of minimum testing or

professional evaluation through the Merit System of

Personnel Administration to determine the fitness of

the individual to serve in the position. All written

evaluations shall be submitted to the Department of

Corrections, and

d. satisfactory completion of a physical in keeping with

the conditions of the job description on an annual

basis and along the guidelines as established by the

Department of Corrections;

3. The Director shall designate as correctional peace officers,

correctional officers who are employed in job classifications of

correctional security officer, correctional security manager,

correctional chief of security and chief of security upon

satisfactory completion of a basic course of instruction for

correctional officers, as provided for in paragraph 4 of this

subsection. The peace officer authority of employees designated as

correctional peace officers shall be limited to: maintaining

custody of prisoners; preventing attempted escapes; pursuing,

recapturing and incarcerating escapees and parole or probation

violators and arresting such escapees, parole or probation

violators; serving warrants; carrying firearms; preventing

contraband from entering any penal institution; arresting

individuals who commit crimes at any penal institution; and

performing any duties specifically required for the job

descriptions. Such powers and duties of correctional peace officers

may be exercised for the purpose of maintaining custody, security,

and control of any prisoner being transported inside and outside

this state as authorized by the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act and

the Interstate Corrections Compact. The Director may implement

policies that place additional limitations on the authority of

correctional peace officers. The Director shall issue an

identification card to each correctional peace officer that

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identifies the person as a correctional peace officer and grants the

person the authority to carry a firearm and make arrests pursuant to

this paragraph. Should a correctional peace officer terminate

employment for any reason, fail to remain qualified as a

correctional peace officer or for reasons stated in policies of the

Department, the correctional peace officer shall return the

identification card to the supervisor of the correctional peace

officer immediately;

4. To develop and implement, upon approval of the State Board

of Corrections, a basic course of instruction for correctional

officers that consists of a training academy that provides not less

than two hundred (200) hours of core curriculum instruction and a

firearms training program that provides not less than twenty (20)

hours of instruction. The basic course of instruction shall be

subject to the following:

a. the minimum qualifying score that must be shot to pass

the firearms training program shall be equal to the

minimum qualifying score required by the Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training for peace

officers, and

b. the Director may waive any number of hours or courses

required to complete the basic course of instruction

for any person who, in the opinion of the Director,

has received sufficient training or experience that

such hours of instruction would be unduly burdensome

or duplicative; however, completion of the firearms

training program shall not be waived;

5. To develop and implement annual in-service training for

correctional officers that consists of at least forty (40) hours of

continued corrections education and annual recertification of

firearms proficiency. The minimum qualifying score that must be

shot to requalify for recertification of firearms proficiency shall

be equal to the minimum qualifying score required by the Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training for the requalification of

peace officers;

6. To require any person employed as a correctional security

officer, correctional security manager, correctional chief of

security, and chief of security to remain qualified as a

correctional peace officer. Any correctional peace officer who is

unable to remain qualified as a correctional peace officer may be

offered an available position within the Department in the same or

lesser pay grade for which the employee is eligible, or the employee

may be terminated. When an employee who is commissioned as a

correctional peace officer by the Department voluntarily moves into

a position which does not require correctional peace officer status,

the Director may allow the employee to maintain his or her

correctional peace officer status;

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7. To authorize other employees of the Department to carry

firearms anywhere in the state to use for self-defense pursuant to

and consistent with policies developed by the Department upon

satisfactory completion of the firearms training program provided

for in paragraph 4 of this subsection. The Director shall issue an

identification card to each authorized employee that grants the

employee the authority to carry a firearm pursuant to the provisions

of this paragraph. Should an authorized employee terminate

employment for any reason, fail to remain qualified to carry a

firearm, or for reasons stated in the policies of the Department,

the authorized employee shall immediately return the identification

card to the supervisor of the employee and shall no longer be

authorized to carry firearms under the authority of this paragraph;

8. To maintain such industries, factories, plants, shops,

farms, and other enterprises and operations, hereinafter referred to

as prison industries, at each penal institution as the State Board

of Corrections deems necessary or appropriate to employ the

prisoners or teach skills, or to sustain the penal institution; and

as provided for by policies established by the State Board of

Corrections, to allow compensation for the work of the prisoners,

and to provide for apportionment of inmate wages, the amounts thus

allowed to be kept in accounts by the Board for the prisoners and

given to the inmates upon discharge from the penal institution, or,

upon an order, paid to their families or dependents or used for the

personal needs of the prisoners. Any industry that employs

prisoners shall be deemed a "State Prison Industry" if the prisoners

are paid from state funds including the proceeds of goods sold as

authorized by Section 123f of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Any industry in which wages of prisoners are paid by a

nongovernmental person, group, or corporation, except those

industries employing prisoners in work-release centers under the

authority of the Department of Corrections, shall be deemed a

"Private Prison Industry";

9. To assign residences at each penal institution to penal

institutional personnel and their families;

10. To provide for the education, training, vocational

education, rehabilitation, and recreation of prisoners;

11. To regulate the operation of canteens for prisoners;

12. To prescribe rules for the conduct, management, and

operation of each penal institution including rules for the demeanor

of prisoners, the punishment of recalcitrant prisoners, the

treatment of incorrigible prisoners, and the disposal of property or

contraband seized from inmates or offenders under the supervision of

the Department;

13. To transfer prisoners from one penal institution to

another;

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14. To establish procedures that ensure inmates are educated

and provided with the opportunity to execute advance directives for

health care in compliance with Section 3101.2 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The procedures shall ensure that any inmate

executing an advance directive for health care is competent and

executes the directive with informed consent;

15. To maintain courses of training and instruction for

employees of the Department;

16. To maintain a program of research and statistics;

17. To provide for the periodic audit, at least once annually,

of all funds and accounts of each penal institution and the funds of

each prisoner;

18. To provide, subject to rules established by the State Board

of Corrections, for the utilization of inmate labor for any agency

of the state, city, town, or subdivision of this state, upon the

duly authorized request for such labor by the agency. The inmate

labor shall not be used to reduce employees or replace regular

maintenance or operations of the agency. The inmate labor shall be

used solely for public or state purposes. No inmate labor shall be

used for private use or purpose. Insofar as it is practicable, all

inmate labor shall be of such a nature and designed to assist and

aid in the rehabilitation of inmates performing the labor;

19. To provide clerical services for, and keep and preserve the

files and records of, the Pardon and Parole Board; make

investigations and inquiries as to prisoners at the penal

institutions who are to be, or who might be, considered for parole

or other clemency; assist prisoners who are to be, or who might be,

considered for parole or discharge in obtaining suitable employment

in the event of parole or discharge; report to the Pardon and Parole

Board, for recommendation to the Governor, violations of terms and

conditions of paroles; upon request of the Governor, make

investigations and inquiries as to persons who are to be, or who

might be, considered for reprieves or leaves of absence; report to

the Pardon and Parole Board, for recommendation to the Governor,

whether a parolee is entitled to a pardon, when the terms and

conditions of the parole have been completed; make presentence

investigations for, and make reports thereof to, trial judges in

criminal cases consistent with other laws of the state; supervise

persons on felony probation or parole; and develop and operate,

subject to the policies and guidelines of the Board, work-release

centers, community treatment facilities or prerelease programs at

appropriate sites throughout this state;

20. To establish an employee tuition assistance program and

promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedures

Act for the operation of the program. The rules shall include, but

not be limited to, program purposes, eligibility requirements, use

of tuition assistance, service commitment to the Department,

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reimbursement of tuition assistance funds for failure to complete

course work or service commitment, amounts of tuition assistance and

limitations, and record keeping;

21. To establish an employee recruitment and referral incentive

program and promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative

Procedures Act for the operation of the program. The rules shall

include, but not be limited to, program purposes, pay incentives for

employees, eligibility requirements, payment conditions and amounts,

payment methods, and record keeping;

22. To provide reintegration referral services to any person

discharged from the state custody who has volunteered to receive

reintegration referral services. The Director may assign staff to

refer persons discharged from state custody to services. The

Director shall promulgate rules for the referral process. All

reintegration referral services shall be subject to the availability

of funds;

23. To conduct continual planning and research and periodically

evaluate the effectiveness of the various correctional programs

instituted by the Department; manage the designing, building, and

maintaining of all the capital improvements of the Department;

establish and maintain current and efficient business, bookkeeping,

and accounting practices and procedures for the operations of all

penal institutions and facilities, and for the Department's fiscal

affairs; conduct initial orientation and continuing in-service

training for the Department employees; provide public information

services; inspect and examine the condition and management of state

penal and correctional institutions; investigate complaints

concerning the management of prisons or alleged mistreatment of

inmates thereof; and hear and investigate complaints as to

misfeasance or nonfeasance of employees of the Department;

24. To authorize any division of the Department to sell

advertising in any Department-approved publication, media production

or other informational material produced by the Department;

provided, that such advertising shall be approved by the Director or

designee prior to acceptance for publication. The sale of

advertising and negotiation of rates for the advertising shall not

be subject to The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act or the

Administrative Procedures Act. The Department shall promulgate

rules establishing criteria for accepting or using advertisements as

authorized in this paragraph;

25. To issue subpoenas to assist or further investigations into

allegations of crimes committed in public or private prisons within

this state. Subpoenas issued by the Director shall be enforced by

the District Court in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma;

26. To authorize award of the badge of an employee who dies

while employed by the Department to the spouse or next of kin of the

deceased employee;

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27. To establish, in conjunction with the Information Services

Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, an

emergency alert notification system for the public, capable of

distributing notifications of facility emergencies or prisoner

escapes for all facilities and each facility of the Department of

Corrections;

28. To declare an emergency when, due to shortage of staff,

correctional officers at a facility are required to work more than

two double shifts in a seven-day period. As used in this paragraph,

"double shift" means two eight-hour shifts in a twenty-four-hour

period; and

29. To enter into contracts with media or film production

companies to allow the Department to authorize a media or film

production company to shoot commercial films at penal institutions

and other property under the control of the Department. Any funds

received pursuant to said contracts shall be deposited into the

Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.

B. When an employee of the Department of Corrections has been

charged with a violation of the rules of the Department or with a

felony pursuant to the provisions of a state or federal statute, the

Director may, in the Director's discretion, suspend the charged

employee, in accordance with the Oklahoma Personnel Act and/or the

Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules, pending the hearing

and final determination of the charges. Notice of suspension shall

be given by the Director, in accordance with the provisions of the

Oklahoma Personnel Act. If after completion of the investigation of

the charges, it is determined that such charges are without merit or

are not sustained before the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission or

in a court of law, the employee shall be reinstated and shall be

entitled to receive all lost pay and benefits.

This subsection shall in no way deprive an employee of the right

of appeal according to the Oklahoma Personnel Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-537.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-537.1
Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare
Status: in_force

and Canteen System Support Revolving Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Department of Corrections to be designated the

"Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare and Canteen

System Support Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all profits generated from the canteen system, any inmate telephone

system and any inmate electronic mail system. All monies accruing

to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be

budgeted and expended by the Department of Corrections and the

Canteen System Board of Directors for the benefit of inmates of the

various institutions and personnel of the Department and to support

canteen system operations according to written Department policy,

welfare budget limitations, and upon approval of the Canteen System

Board. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants

issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by

law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for approval and payment. All expenditures from this fund

shall comply with the applicable provisions of The Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act, unless specifically exempted by subsection E of

Section 537 of this title.

B. All cash balances credited to the various Department canteen

fund accounts that were previously budgeted and approved for inmate

and staff welfare expenditures prior to November 1, 2008, but are

not encumbered or expended as of June 30, 2008, shall be transferred

to the Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare and

Canteen System Support Revolving Fund upon implementation of the

Department of Corrections consolidated canteen, trust and

restitution accounting system. Effective November 1, 2008, profits

generated from the canteen system, any inmate telephone systems, and

any inmate electronic mail systems shall be identified and deposited

in the Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare and

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-582v1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-582v1
Persons and crimes to which act applies
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall

apply to any person residing, working or attending school within the

State of Oklahoma who, after November 1, 1989, has been convicted,

whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo

contendere, or received a suspended sentence or any probationary

term, or is currently serving a sentence or any form of probation or

parole for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided for in

Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes if the offense

involved sexual abuse or sexual exploitation as those terms are

defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,

Section 681, if the offense involved sexual assault, 741, if the

offense involved sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, Section 748,

if the offense involved human trafficking for commercial sex,

Section 843.1, if the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual

exploitation, Section 852.1, if the offense involved sexual abuse of

a child, 856, if the offense involved child prostitution or human

trafficking for commercial sex, 865 et seq., 885, 886, 888, 891, if

the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, 1021,

1021.2, 1021.3, 1024.2, 1029, if the offense involved child

prostitution, 1040.8, if the offense involved child sexual abuse

material, 1040.12a, 1040.13, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088, 1111.1, 1114 or

1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall

apply to any person who after November 1, 1989, resides, works or

attends school within the State of Oklahoma and who has been

convicted or received a suspended sentence at any time in any court

of another state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,

American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States

Virgin Islands, a federal court, an Indian tribal court, a military

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court, or a court of a foreign country for a crime, attempted crime

or a conspiracy to commit a crime which, if committed or attempted

in this state, would be a crime, an attempt to commit a crime or a

conspiracy to commit a crime provided for in any of the laws listed

in subsection A of this section.

C. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall

apply to any person who resides, works or attends school within the

State of Oklahoma and who has received a deferred judgment at any

time in any court of another state, the District of Columbia, Puerto

Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the

United States Virgin Islands, a federal court, an Indian tribal

court, a military court, or a court of a foreign country for a

crime, attempted crime or a conspiracy to commit a crime which, if

committed or attempted or conspired to be committed in this state,

would be a crime, an attempt to commit a crime or a conspiracy to

commit a crime provided for in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes if the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual

exploitation as those terms are defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title

10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 681, if the offense involved

sexual assault, 741, if the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual

exploitation, Section 748, if the offense involved human trafficking

for commercial sex, Section 843.1, if the offense involved sexual

abuse or sexual exploitation, Section 852.1, if the offense involved

sexual abuse of a child, 856, if the offense involved child

prostitution or human trafficking for commercial sex, 865 et seq.,

885, 886, 888, 891, if the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual

exploitation, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1024.2, 1029, if the offense

involved child prostitution, 1040.8, if the offense involved child

sexual abuse material, 1040.12a, 1040.13, 1040.13a, 1087, 1088,

1111.1, 1114 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The

provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall not apply to

any such person while the person is incarcerated in a maximum or

medium correctional institution of the Department of Corrections.

D. On November 1, 2002, any person registered as a sex offender

pursuant to Section 741 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall

be summarily removed from the Sex Offender Registry by the

Department of Corrections and all law enforcement agencies of any

political subdivision of this state, unless the offense involved

sexual abuse or sexual exploitation.

E. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall

not apply to any such person who has received a criminal history

records expungement for a conviction in another state for a crime or

attempted crime which, if committed or attempted in this state,

would be a crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided for in any

laws listed in subsection A of this section.

F. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall

apply to any person residing, working or attending school within

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this state who, after the effective date of this act, has been

convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a plea

of nolo contendere, or received a suspended sentence or any

probationary term, or is currently serving a sentence or any form of

probation or parole for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime as

provided for in subsection G of Section 1040.13b of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

G. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall

apply to any person who resides, works or attends school within this

state and who has received a deferred judgment at any time in any

court of another state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,

American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States

Virgin Islands, a federal court, an Indian tribal court, a military

court, or a court of a foreign country for a crime, if committed in

this state, would be a crime, as provided for in subsection F of

Section 1040.13b of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The

provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall not apply to

any such person while the person is incarcerated in a maximum or

medium correctional institution of the Department of Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-541 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-541
Industries Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury an Industries

Revolving Fund for the Department of Corrections.

B. The revolving fund shall consist of earnings derived from

prison industries operated by the Department of Corrections and from

that portion of the prisoner's income apportioned and paid into the

prison system to recover the cost of incarceration of the prisoners

as provided by law. Funds derived from prisoner wages shall be

maintained and accounted for separately in this fund. The

Industries Revolving Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to

fiscal year limitations, and shall be under the control and

management of the State Board of Corrections.

C. Expenditures from the Industries Revolving Fund shall be

budgeted and expended pursuant to the laws of the state and the

statutes relating to public finance and to the institution. The

fund may be used to purchase, maintain and repair machinery, to

purchase materials and supplies for the prison industries and to

defray any other expenses necessary to operation of the industries,

with first priority being given to repairs, replacement and

modernization of industrial or agricultural machinery or equipment.

These funds may also be used to support the overall operation of the

Department of Corrections subject to approval of the Director of the

Department of Corrections. Expenditures from the fund derived from

prisoner's income may be used for the maintenance of prisoners in

prison institutions and all expenses related thereto under such

rules as may be established by the State Board of Corrections.

Warrants for expenditures from the Industries Revolving Fund shall

be based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of

the Department, and approved for payment by the Director of the

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Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The Department shall

maintain a separate accounting of receipts and expenditures for each

industry for periodic review by the Legislature. The fund may not

be used to employ personnel in excess of those authorized by

legislative action.

D. All funds in the Department of Corrections' Industries

Revolving Funds not encumbered or obligated upon the operative date

of this section shall be transferred to a single Industries

Revolving Fund of the Department of Corrections.

E. The Administrator of Industrial Production will determine

the prices of all goods produced through the state prison

industries, and the Administrator of Agri-Services will determine

the prices of all goods produced by Agri-Service units. These

prices will be filed with the Budget Office.

When industrial or agricultural items or products are furnished

to the institutions of the Department, or sold to other governmental

agencies, payment therefor shall be made within thirty (30) days for

deposit in the revolving account to be used in purchasing expendable

items, raw materials or other items needed to produce additional

such products or items, and for such other purposes as are

authorized by law. The Administrator of Industrial Production or

Administrator of Agri-Services may establish higher prices for sale

of products to governmental agencies, according to the current

market value of each product.

F. The Department of Corrections is authorized to pay inmates

for productive work in accordance with policies set by the State

Board of Corrections. The State Board of Corrections shall certify

the positions to be paid and the rate of pay in accordance with the

responsibilities and skills required for the position. The

Department of Corrections shall develop policies for payment of

inmates in the Industries Program that promote productivity as well

as compensate for responsibilities and skills. The Department shall

file such policy statements with the Chairs of the appropriate

committees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives as

designated by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Any change in this policy

by the State Board of Corrections may be voided by legislative

action to rescind such policy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-601 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-601
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the "Interstate Corrections Compact".
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.4a — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.4a
Pardon and Parole Board - Reimbursements
Status: in_force

The Chair and members of the Pardon and Parole Board shall

receive reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses,

according to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, while attending and

going to and from meetings of the Board and in performing their

official duties. Such compensation shall be paid by the State

Treasurer by state warrant drawn against funds appropriated for such

purpose by the Legislature. Hours worked by Board members shall be

exempt from full-time-equivalent employee limits.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.16 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.16
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 57-332.16v1 (HB 3936, Laws 2024, c. 59, § 39).

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OS 57-332.16v2 (HB 3450, Laws 2024, c. 151, § 12).
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-349.3 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-349.3
Rights of parolee or probationer
Status: in_force

With respect to any hearing pursuant to this act, the parolee or

probationer:

1. Shall have reasonable notice in writing of the nature and

content of the allegations to be made, including notice that its

purpose is to determine whether there is probable cause to believe

that he has committed a violation that may lead to a revocation of

parole or probation;

2. Shall be permitted to advise with any persons whose

assistance he reasonably desires, prior to the hearing;

3. Shall have the right to confront and examine any persons who

have made allegations against him, unless the hearing officer

determines that such confrontation would present a substantial

present or subsequent danger of harm to such person or persons; and

4. May admit, deny or explain the violation alleged and may

present proof, including affidavits and other evidence, in support

of his contentions. A record of the proceedings shall be made and

preserved.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-557 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-557
Department of Corrections Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Department of Corrections to be known as the Department

of Corrections Revolving Fund. This revolving fund shall consist of

monies received by each institution of the Department as

reimbursements for noninmate individual food consumption;

reimbursements from other state agencies and entities of government;

receipts from sale of excess by-products, excess property, and

salvage items; receipts from other ancillary services of the

institution, not otherwise provided by law; receipts from the fees

provided for in Sections 982 and 991d of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

Statutes; monitoring fees for electronically monitored home

detention; receipts from the fees provided for in Section 153 of

Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes for convictions for driving under

the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating substance; monies

received for providing primary health care and outpatient services

to prisoners in county jails; receipts by the Department for

institutional care from wages earned by inmates while participating

in the work release program; funds for prison rodeos and other

special events; and any other receipts accruing to the credit of the

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Department of Corrections which are not directed by law to be

deposited in another fund. Expenditures from said fund shall be for

the general operating expenses of the Department of Corrections.

B. The Department of Corrections Revolving Fund shall also

consist of those monies that are transferred to it by the Department

of Corrections from the Industries Revolving Fund of the Department

of Corrections for purposes as provided for in Section 541 of this

title and expenditures shall be in accordance therewith. On July 1,

1983, any cash remaining in the Department of Corrections Industries

Subsidiary Revolving Fund in excess of allotment balances or

encumbrances for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983, shall be

transferred to the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund and on

November 15, 1983, all cash remaining in the Department of

Corrections Industries Subsidiary Revolving Fund shall be

transferred to the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.

C. The fund created by subsection A of this section shall be a

continuing fund, under the control of the administrative authority

of the Department of Corrections, and not subject to fiscal year

limitations. Expenditures shall be made pursuant to the laws of the

state and the statutes relating to the Department of Corrections and

its institutions, and without legislative appropriation. Warrants

for expenditures from said revolving fund shall be based on claims

signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Department of

Corrections and approved for payment by the Director of the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-701 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-701
Orange Alert communication system
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Corrections shall create for each

correctional facility within this state an "Orange Alert"

communication system to notify any resident within a radius of forty

(40) miles when a prisoner of a correctional facility has escaped.

Information regarding how to register for an Orange Alert via the

communication system shall be posted in a newspaper of record within

the county in which the correctional facility is located. It shall

be the responsibility of each resident to register to receive Orange

Alert notifications from the communication system.

B. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate policies for

establishing a statewide Orange Alert communication system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-37 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-37
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 57-37v1 (SB 595, Laws 2025, c. 11, § 11)

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OS 57-37v2 (HB 2105, Laws 2025, c. 187, § 9)
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-58 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-58
Employment of prisoners
Status: in_force

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Wherever any person shall be confined in any jail pursuant to

the sentence of any court, if such sentence or any part thereof

shall be that he be confined at hard labor, the sheriff of the

county in which such person shall be confined shall furnish such

convict with suitable tools and materials to work with, if, in the

opinion of the said sheriff, the said convict can be profitably

employed either in the jail or yard thereof, and the expense of said

tools and materials shall be defrayed by the county in which said

convict shall be confined, and said county shall be entitled to his

earnings. And it shall be the duty of said sheriff, if in his

opinion the said convict can be more profitably employed outside of

said jail or yard, either for the county or for any municipality in

said county, so to employ said convict, either in work on public

streets or highways or otherwise; and in so doing he shall take all

necessary precaution to prevent said convict's escape, by ball and

chain or otherwise, and fifty percent (50%) of the profits of such

employment, after paying all expenses incident thereto, may be

retained by said sheriff as his fees therefor, the balance to be

paid into the treasury of the proper county to the credit of the

general fund; and when a convict is imprisoned in the county jail

for nonpayment of a fine he may be employed by said sheriff as

provided in this chapter; and in case any convict employed outside

of the jail yard shall escape, he shall be deemed as having escaped

from the jail proper.

R.L. 1910, § 4596.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.1
Professional investigators, clerical and administrative
Status: in_force

personnel.

The Pardon and Parole Board created by Article VI, Section 10,

of the Oklahoma Constitution is authorized to employ professional

investigators and such clerical and administrative personnel as may

be required to carry out the duties and responsibilities under the

provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-530.5 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-530.5
Inmate rehabilitation case plans
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Corrections shall develop a case plan for

each inmate to guide the inmate's rehabilitation while in the

Department's custody in order to reduce the likelihood of

recidivism.

B. Within sixty (60) days of admission, the Department shall

complete a case plan for each inmate which shall include:

1. Programming and treatment requirements based on the results

of a validated risk and needs assessment administered pursuant to

Section 530.1 of this title;

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2. Programming or treatment requirements mandated by the

sentencing order; and

3. Requirements in accordance with the rules and policies of

the Department.

C. The Department shall make every effort to ensure that the

case plan is achievable prior to the inmate's parole eligibility

date calculated under subsection A of Section 332.7 of this title,

if applicable.

D. The Department shall provide each inmate with a written copy

of the case plan and the inmate's caseworker shall explain the

conditions set forth in the case plan.

E. For any parole-eligible inmate, the Department shall

electronically submit a progress report on each parole-eligible

inmate's case plan to the Parole Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-509
Penal institutions
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Corrections is authorized to maintain the

following facilities in this state:

1. Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester;

2. Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite;

3. Lexington Assessment and Reception Center in Lexington;

4. Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester;

5. Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington;

6. Howard McLeod Correctional Center in Atoka;

7. Mack H. Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown;

8. Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen;

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9. Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud;

10. R.B. “Dick” Conner Correctional Center in Hominy;

11. James Crabtree Correctional Center in Helena;

12. Jess Dunn Correctional Center in Taft;

13. Northeast Oklahoma Community Corrections Center in Vinita;

14. John Lilley Correctional Center in Boley;

15. Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Taft;

16. Clara Waters Community Corrections Center in Oklahoma City;

17. Lawton Community Corrections Center in Lawton;

18. Enid Community Corrections Center in Enid;

19. Union City Community Corrections Center in Union City;

20. Charles E. “Bill” Johnson Correctional Center in Alva; and

21. A facility purchased pursuant to the provisions of Enrolled

House Bill No. 2780 of the 1st Session of the 60th Oklahoma

Legislature.

B. The Department shall be the legal successor of and, except

as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Corrections Act of 1967, shall

have the powers and duties vested by law in the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services in all matters relating to penal

institutions, heretofore or hereafter established by the Department,

which institutions and community corrections centers shall be under

the administrative direction and control of the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-17 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-17
United States shall be liable for expenses
Status: in_force

The United States shall be liable to pay for the support and

keeping of said prisoners the same charges and allowances as are

allowed for the support and keeping of prisoners committed under

authority of this state.

R.L. 1910, § 4620.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-222 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-222
Use of prison labor on private property prohibited -
Status: in_force

Exceptions - Definitions - Purpose of work performed.

A. It shall be unlawful to use prisoners assigned to said

public works project on any property other than public property,

except that inmate labor may be used on private property for a

public purpose.

B. As used in this section "public purpose" means a purpose

affecting the inhabitants of the state or political subdivision

utilizing the inmate labor, as a group, and not merely as

individuals. The work performed shall be essentially public and for

the general good of the inhabitants of the state or political

subdivision, and may include eradication of graffiti on private

buildings or harvesting Eastern Red Cedar trees. For purposes of

this section:

1. "Graffiti" shall include but not be limited to any

inscription, slogan or drawing, crudely scratched, drawn, printed,

painted or scribbled on a wall or other surface visible to the

public and which is likely to endanger the health or safety of the

public. Provided, however, that this definition shall never be

construed to include any sign or advertising device lawfully erected

or installed by the owner of property, lessee or authorized agent;

and

2. "Owner" means the owner of record as shown by the most

current tax rolls of the county treasurer.

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C. The purpose of the work performed shall be to aid the

federal government, a state agency or a political subdivision,

utilizing the inmate labor in the exercise of a governmental

function. Any person convicted of willfully violating the

provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony

offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-19 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-19
Juvenile prisoners
Status: in_force

Juvenile prisoners shall be treated with humaneness and in a

manner calculated to promote their reformation and they shall be

kept separate from more experienced and hardened criminals. Visits

of parents, guardians and friends who desire to exert a moral

influence over them shall at all reasonable times be permitted.

R.L. 1910, § 4622. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 16, eff. July 1,

1978.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.7a — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.7a
Crimes related to controlled dangerous substances - Reporting procedures -
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 5Reporting procedures - Consideration by Board.

A. The Department of Corrections shall establish procedures for

obtaining drug-related information, pursuant to Section 1 of this

act, and shall establish a method of reporting such information in

relation to any person convicted and incarcerated in the State

Penitentiary or placed on probation or parole.

B. The Pardon and Parole Board shall be provided any drug-

related information on any person eligible for parole by the

Department of Corrections prior to such person's consideration.

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C. The Pardon and Parole Board shall consider the nature and

relationship of the offense and offender to any controlled dangerous

substance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-503 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-503
Board - Creation - Members - Terms - Removal
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the State Board of Corrections which

shall be the governing board of the Department of Corrections. The

Board shall consist of the following nine (9) members:

1. Five members appointed by the Governor;

2. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives; and

3. Two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate.

Each member shall serve at the pleasure of his or her appointing

authority and may be removed or replaced without cause. Any member

of the Board shall be prohibited from voting on any issue in which

the member has a direct financial interest. The Director of

Corrections shall be an ex officio member of the Board, but shall be

entitled to vote only in case of a tie vote.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-566.4 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-566.4
Certain actions prohibited - Frivolous or malicious
Status: in_force

claims - Public records - Default judgment - Venue - Administrative

fees - Judgments - Special report prior to answer - Appeals.

A. No action may be brought in a court of this state by a

prisoner or former prisoner for mental or emotional injury allegedly

suffered while under arrest, being detained, or in custody or

incarcerated without a prior showing of actual physical injury.

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B. 1. Neither the state, any of its agencies or boards, the

Department of Corrections, any county jail, city jail, private

correctional company, nor their members, agents, servants or

employees shall be liable for any form of civil claim or action

alleged to have arisen from any theory of contract law. No arrest

or conviction resulting in detention or incarceration shall create

any contractual obligation, either actual, implied or at common law,

between the prisoner and the state, any of its agencies or boards,

the Department of Corrections, any county jail, city jail nor their

members, agents, servants or employees. No policy or internal

management procedure issued for the management of the prison or jail

shall constitute any contractual relationship or obligation between

the state, agency, board, commission, prison, jail, or any of its

officers, members, servants or employees, and the prisoner or any

visitor to the prison or jail.

2. No tort action or civil claim may be filed against any

employee, agent, or servant of the state, the Department of

Corrections, private correctional company, or any county jail or any

city jail alleging acts related to the duties of the employee, agent

or servant, until all of the notice provisions of the Governmental

Tort Claims Act have been fully complied with by the claimant. This

requirement shall apply to any claim against an employee of the

state, the Department of Corrections, or any county jail or city

jail in either their official or individual capacity, and to any

claim against a private correctional contractor and its employees

for actions taken pursuant to or in connection with a governmental

contract.

C. No civil action of any type may be brought seeking an

injunction or temporary restraining order against any city, county

or state agency, or any officer or employee thereof, brought by a

plaintiff who is currently incarcerated in any jail, state prison or

private prison in the state if the claim alleges matters arising

from the incarceration of the plaintiff and related to management of

the prison, including but not limited to, prison transfers, cell

assignments, prison job or work assignments and disciplinary action.

D. In any complaint or allegation made by a prisoner against

any person holding a license to any state court, agency, board,

commission or association which issues any form of license, in which

the state court, agency, board, commission or association has made a

determination that the complaint of the prisoner is frivolous,

malicious or without merit, the state court, agency, board,

commission or association may sanction the prisoner as provided for

by law.

E. No prisoner of any city or county jail or of any state,

federal or private prison in Oklahoma or any person on parole or

probation may obtain any public records maintained by any government

entity and pertaining in any manner to any public employee, officer

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or to any citizen, or any criminal history record of any convicted

felon. No prisoner, probationer or parolee may obtain without

prepayment of the required fees and costs any other public record

subject to release. The Director of the Department of Corrections

shall promulgate a rule for the release of criminal history records

available to the public which shall include the requirement that

requests for criminal history records include the name of the person

whose record is being requested and shall charge Fifteen Dollars

($15.00) for each completed request responded to in any form of

written communication by the Department.

F. No default judgment shall be rendered against any person,

city, county or state agency, or any officer or employee thereof, in

any form of civil action brought by a plaintiff who is currently

incarcerated in any jail, state prison or private prison in the

state.

G. Venue for tort actions filed by a prisoner or a former

prisoner of any state prison in the state shall be as follows:

1. Venue for actions filed by any prisoner of any state prison

or private prison in which the state, the Department of Corrections,

the Board of Corrections as a whole or individual members, or any

officer or employee that has multicounty responsibilities is named

as a party shall be in the county of the official residence of the

Department of Corrections; and

2. Venue for tort actions filed by prisoners of a county jail

or city jail, and not involving the Department of Corrections, but

against the sheriff, jailer, county officials or employees, or city

officials or employees shall be in the county where the jail is

located.

The limitations on venue set out in this section shall also

apply to tort actions filed by former prisoners, if said tort action

is based on facts that occurred while the plaintiff was a prisoner.

H. The Attorney General, district attorneys and the general

counsel of the Department of Corrections shall notify the Pardon and

Parole Board of all lawsuits filed by any prisoner in which a

determination was made by a court that the lawsuit was either

frivolous or malicious.

I. The Department of Corrections may assess an administrative

fee not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) for the processing of any

grievance or disciplinary report that has been appealed to the

Director and shall charge prisoners for the costs of any supplies,

materials or services provided to the inmate at the request of the

inmate. Any fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be

deposited into the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund. If the

appeal of the grievance or the disciplinary report results in a

finding in favor of the prisoner, all fees and costs collected

pursuant to this section shall be returned to the prisoner.

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J. Judgments rendered against prisoners and received by the

Department of Corrections for, but not limited to, monetary damages,

child support, transportation costs, filing fees, court costs,

sanctions or attorney fees may be withdrawn by the Department from

any funds deposited into a prison trust account of the prisoner and

forwarded to the prevailing party.

K. Upon motion of the defendant or the court for a special

report in any civil action filed by a prisoner or former prisoner or

attorney of the prisoner against any party, the court shall stay all

proceedings in the case and order the custodian or appropriate party

to prepare a special report to the court prior to defendants being

required to answer. The special report will order corrections

officials or the appropriate party to undertake a review of the

subject matter of the petition in order to provide the court with

additional information for the processing of the claim of the

prisoner, to ascertain the facts and circumstances, to consider

whether any action can and should be taken by the institution or

other appropriate officials to resolve the subject matter of the

petition and to determine whether other like matters, whether

pending in this court or elsewhere, are related to this matter and

should be taken up and considered together. All reports made in the

course of the review shall be attached to and filed with the special

report, and a date the special report is due to the court shall be

set. All pending motions are stricken without prejudice to their

being reasserted after the special report is filed. All discovery

under the Oklahoma Rules of Civil Procedure is stayed until the

special report has been filed and any dispositive motions based on

the special report are ruled upon. A copy of the special report

shall be sent to the respective parties by the agency or person

preparing the special report. Upon receipt of the special report,

dispositive motions may be filed by the parties and the district

court may properly dismiss the petition as being frivolous or

malicious or for failure to state a claim, may grant summary

judgment or order that the case may proceed under the Oklahoma Rules

of Civil Procedure.

L. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appeal of a

decision of the district court in a civil action related to a

person’s incarceration or supervision while in custody of the

Department of Corrections, a county or municipal jail, or a private

prison, adverse to a municipal, county or state employee or a person

employed by a private prison, shall be appealed directly to the

appropriate appellate court without further motions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-513.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-513.2
Notification of completion of sentence or discharge of
Status: in_force

inmate from custody.

The Department of Corrections shall notify the district attorney

or requesting law enforcement agency of the sentencing county

whenever an inmate completes his sentence or is otherwise discharged

from the custody of the Department, except those discharged under

the procedures and supervision of the Pardon and Parole Board. The

notification shall be on a monthly basis and shall be made within

ten (10) days following the month reported upon. The notification

shall include the names of those inmates released under the

provisions of the Oklahoma Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act,

Section 570 et seq. of this title. For the purposes of this

section, "sentencing county" shall mean the county from which the

inmate received the last sentence served prior to release but shall

not refer to any sentences received which include inmate status as

an element of the offense. Should the inmate be released from

concurrent sentences then each sentencing county district attorney

shall receive the notification. The district attorney shall

disseminate the information provided herein to any and all law

enforcement agencies deemed appropriate by the district attorney and

to any victim of the crime for which the inmate was convicted.

Notification shall be made to a victim by mailing the notification

to the last-known address of the victim, if such information is

requested by the victim. The district attorney shall not give the

address of the inmate to any victim of the crime for which the

inmate was convicted. The notifications required herein shall

commence within ten (10) days following the first full month

subsequent to the effective date of this act.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-9 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-9
Penalty for cruelty to prisoners
Status: in_force

If any officer or other person treat any prisoner in a cruel or

inhuman manner he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail

not exceeding twelve (12) months, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 4613.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509.5 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-509.5
Inmate work centers in Indian Country Land - Civil and
Status: in_force

criminal jurisdiction - Expiration, cancellation or termination of

agreement.

A. Pursuant to applicable federal law, the State of Oklahoma

assumes both the civil and criminal jurisdiction with respect to all

criminal offenses and civil causes of actions over Indian Country

land wherein the state has entered into an agreement with the

applicable tribes or other appropriate authority for use of said

land as an inmate work center as established in Section 563 of Title

57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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B. Upon the expiration, cancellation or other mutual

termination of the agreement the assumption of both civil and

criminal jurisdiction shall be deemed withdrawn by operation of law

and the land shall be Indian Country under the exclusive control of

the Indian tribes and federal authority together and any

improvements thereon shall inure to the benefit of the tribes.

Provided, that in the event of expiration, cancellation or other

mutual termination, the State of Oklahoma, through the Department of

Corrections shall have twelve (12) months in which to vacate and

relocate the offenders, unless otherwise extended by the parties.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-507 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-507
Director - Status - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Director shall be the executive officer of the Department

and shall have the following general powers and duties:

(a) To supervise the activities of the Department and, subject

to the policies established by the Board, to act for the Department

in all matters, except as may be otherwise provided in this act.

(b) To prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of the

Department, consistent with the general policies established by the

Board.

(c) To appoint and fix the duties and salaries of such

personnel for the Department as may be necessary to administer and

carry out the provisions of this act. The Department and the

employees thereof, except the members of the Board and the Director

shall be subject to the provisions of the State Merit System of

Personnel Administration, but the Governor may by Executive Order

exempt positions therefrom as authorized by Section 802 of Title 74

of the Oklahoma Statutes, except as may be otherwise provided in

this act.

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(d) To accept, use, disburse and administer grants, allotments,

gifts, devises, bequests, appropriations and other monies and

property offered or given to the Department, or any component or

agency thereof, by any agency of the federal government or any

corporation or individual for the use of the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-16a — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-16a
Receiving and holding United States prisoners –
Status: in_force

Immigration detainer requests.

A. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies,

within this state, to whom any persons shall be sent or committed,

by virtue of legal process, issued by or under the authority of the

United States, shall receive such persons into custody, and keep

them safely until discharged by due course of the laws of the United

States; and all such sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers and their

deputies, offending in the premises, shall be liable to the same

pains and penalties, and the parties aggrieved shall be entitled to

the same remedies against them, or any of them, as if such prisoners

had been committed to their custody by virtue of legal process

issued under the authority of this state.

B. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers and their deputies who

have custody of a person who is subject to an immigration detainer

request issued by the United States Immigration and Customs

Enforcement shall:

1. Comply with, honor and fulfill any request made in the

immigration detainer request provided by the United States

Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and

2. Inform the person identified in the immigration detainer

request that the person is being held pursuant to an immigration

detainer issued by the United States Immigration and Customs

Enforcement.

C. A sheriff, jailer, prison keeper or deputy shall not be

required to perform a duty imposed by subsection B of this section

with respect to a person who has provided proof that he or she is a

citizen of the United States. Such proof may include:

1. An Oklahoma driver license or identification card issued by

the Department of Public Safety on or after November 1, 2007; or

2. State- or federal government-issued identification.

D. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies,

within this state, shall allow reasonable access to their detention

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facilities to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

for the purpose of identifying inmates.

E. As used in this section, "immigration detainer request"

means a federal government request to a local entity to maintain

temporary custody of an alien, including a United States Department

of Homeland Security Form I-247 document or a similar successor

form.

R.L. 1910, § 4619. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 255, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2021.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-506 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-506
Director - Qualifications - Appointment – Removal
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the position of Director of Corrections.

The Director shall be qualified for such position by character,

knowledge, skill, ability, education, training and successful

administrative experience and shall have five (5) years of

professional level work. The Director of Corrections shall be

appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate

and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and may be removed

or replaced without cause. Compensation for the Director shall be

determined by the Governor. The Director may be removed from office

by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members elected to and

constituting each chamber of the Legislature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-348 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-348
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any section, sentence, subdivision or clause of this act is

for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision

shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-64 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-64
County without prison
Status: in_force

When there is no sufficient prison in any county, every judicial

or executive officer of such county who has power to order or

sentence any person to the county jail, may, upon application of the

sheriff, order any person charged with a criminal offense whereof

such officer has jurisdiction, and ordered to be committed to

prison, to be sent to the jail of the county nearest having a

sufficient jail, and the sheriff of such nearest county shall, on

exhibit of such order, receive and keep in custody, in the jail of

his county, the prisoner ordered to be committed as aforesaid, at

the expense of the county from which said prisoner was sent, and the

said sheriff shall, upon the order of the officer committing such

prisoner, redeliver such prisoner when demanded.

R.L. 1910, § 4602.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.16v1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.16v1
Time for Governor to act on parole recommendation –
Status: in_force

Exceptions.

A. No recommendation to the Governor for parole shall remain

under consideration and in the possession of that office for a time

longer than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. Except as

provided for in subsection B of this section, if upon expiration of

the thirty-day time period no action is taken by the Governor to

grant or deny parole, the recommendation for parole shall be deemed

granted.

B. The Governor shall be required to review each parole

recommendation and shall grant or deny parole for persons convicted

of the following crimes:

1. Assault, battery, or assault and battery with a dangerous or

deadly weapon as provided in Sections 645 and 652 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Aggravated assault and battery on a police officer, sheriff,

highway patrolman, or any other officer of the law as provided in

Sections 650, 650.2, 650.5, 650.6 and 650.7 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Poisoning with intent to kill as provided in Section 651 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Shooting with intent to kill as provided in Section 652 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Assault with intent to kill as provided in Section 653 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

6. Assault with intent to commit a felony as provided in

Section 681 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. Assaults while masked or disguised as provided in Section

1303 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

8. Murder in the first degree as provided in Section 701.7 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

9. Murder in the second degree as provided in Section 701.8 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Manslaughter in the first degree as provided in Sections

711 or 712 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Manslaughter in the second degree as provided in Sections

716 and 717 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Kidnapping as provided in Section 741 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

13. Burglary in the first degree as provided in Section 1431 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

14. Burglary with explosives as provided in Section 1441 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

15. Kidnapping for extortion as provided in Section 745 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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16. Maiming as provided in Section 751 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

17. Robbery as provided in Section 791 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

18. Robbery in the first degree as provided in Section 797 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

19. Robbery in the second degree as provided in Section 797 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

20. Robbery by two or more persons as provided in Section 800

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

21. Robbery with dangerous weapon or imitation firearm as

provided in Section 801 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

22. Child abuse as provided in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

23. Wiring any equipment, vehicle or structure with explosives

as provided in Section 849 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

24. Forcible sodomy as provided in Section 888 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

25. Rape in the first degree as provided in Sections 1111 and

1114 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

26. Rape in the second degree as provided in Sections 1111 and

1114 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

27. Rape by instrumentation as provided in Section 1111.1 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

28. Lewd or indecent proposition or lewd or indecent act with a

child as provided in Section 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

29. Use of a firearm or offensive weapon to commit or attempt

to commit a felony as provided in Section 1287 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

30. Pointing firearms as provided in Section 1289.16 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

31. Rioting as provided in Sections 1311 and 1321.8 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

32. Inciting to riot as provided in Section 1320.2 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

33. Arson in the first degree as provided in Section 1401 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

34. Injuring or burning public buildings as provided in Section

349 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

35. Sabotage as provided in Sections 1262, 1265.4 and 1265.5 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

36. Criminal syndicalism as provided in Section 1261 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

37. Extortion as provided in Sections 1481 and 1486 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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38. Obtaining signature by extortion as provided in Section

1485 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

39. Seizure of a bus, discharging firearm or hurling missile at

bus as provided in Section 1903 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

40. Mistreatment of a mental patient as provided in Section

843.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

41. Using a vehicle to facilitate the discharge of a weapon as

provided in Section 652 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

42. Aggravated drug trafficking as provided in Section 2-415 of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

43. Racketeering as provided in Section 1403 of Title 22 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

44. Offenses of public corruption such as bribery of public

officials as provided in Section 381 or 382 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

45. Embezzlement of public money as provided in Section 1451 et

seq. of Title 21 or Section 641 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

46. Failure to pay and collect tax as provided in Section 1361

or 2385.3 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

47. Conspiracy to defraud the state as provided in Section 424

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

48. Child sexual abuse material as provided in Section 1021.2

or 1021.3 or defined in Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

49. Child prostitution as defined by Section 1030 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

50. Abuse of a vulnerable adult as defined in Section 10-103 of

Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;

51. Terrorism crimes, including biochemical assault as provided

in Section 1268 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

52. Trafficking of children as provided in Section 865 et seq.

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or

53. Trafficking of humans as provided in Section 748 et seq. of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. When the Pardon and Parole Board makes a recommendation for

a compassionate parole pursuant to subsection B of Section 332.18 of

this title, the Board shall forward all relevant documentation to

the Governor within four (4) business days of the parole review of

the inmate. Upon receipt, the Governor shall have four (4) business

days to grant or deny the compassionate parole.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-556 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-556
Lease of residences near penal institutions
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections may lease residences near penal

institutions for wardens, deputy wardens, superintendents and

assistant superintendents of such institutions as needed and may buy

the option to purchase said residences. The cost of the lease and

the option to purchase shall be paid from operating funds of the

using institution or the Department of Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-505 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-505
Department - Creation - Divisions
Status: in_force

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There is hereby created the Department of Corrections which

shall consist of divisions, subdivisions, institutions, and such

sections, offices and positions as may be established by the

Director, subject to the approval of the Board, or by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509A — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-509A
Prison Acquisition Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Department of Corrections to be designated the "Prison

Acquisition Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund,

not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all

monies designated for deposit by law. All monies accruing to the

credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Department for the purpose of, on behalf of the

state, completing a purchase of a prison including associated

property and equipment from a private prison contractor.

Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by

the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332
Pardons and paroles - Power of Governor
Status: in_force

The Governor shall have power to grant, after conviction,

reprieves, commutations, paroles and pardons for all offenses,

except cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and such

restrictions and limitations as may be deemed proper by the

Governor, subject, however, to the regulations prescribed by law and

the provisions of Section 10 of Article VI of the Oklahoma

Constitution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.8b — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-510.8b
Pilot diversion program
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Legislature, recognizing the need for increased

community diversion programs and reentry services for nonviolent

offenders and inmates who are also the primary caregiver to minor

children, hereby authorizes the Department of Corrections to

establish pilot programs that shall consist of private donations and

state funds. The purpose of the pilot programs shall be to provide

diversion programs to reduce the high rate of incarceration for

nonviolent offenders who are also the primary caregiver of minor

children and to provide reentry services for inmates with minor

children that both employ evidence-based practices and techniques.

B. The pilot diversion program may consist of, but shall not be

limited to, the following:

1. Identify the population of nonviolent offenders that are

also the primary caregiver of minor children who have been charged

with a criminal offense and are at risk of being incarcerated for

such offense; and

2. Develop a community-based diversion program that provides

comprehensive and gender-specific services to offenders who are also

the primary caregiver of minor children.

C. The pilot reentry program may consist of, but shall not be

limited to, the following:

1. Identify the population of nonviolent inmates that have been

sentenced to a term of incarceration under the custody of the

Department of Corrections who, prior to incarceration, were the

primary caregiver of minor children;

2. Develop a comprehensive, gender-specific reentry plan for

inmates who upon release from custody will be the primary caregiver

of minor children;

3. Modify existing reentry programs and services to better

address the needs of inmates who upon release from custody will be

the primary caregiver of minor children;

4. Develop new reentry programs and services that focus on

parenting and life skills, family supports and employment skills;

5. Develop or modify existing substance abuse treatment and

rehabilitation programs offered to inmates who upon release from

custody of the Department of Corrections will be the primary

caregiver of minor children; and

6. Develop partnerships within communities to assist in

providing support services and employment opportunities to inmates

who will be the primary caregiver of minor children after the inmate

has been discharged from the custody of the Department of

Corrections.

D. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules

necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-565 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-565
Affidavit in forma pauperis - Considering inmates
Status: in_force

deposited funds.

In determining whether or not an inmate shall be allowed to use

an affidavit in forma pauperis, the court shall consider the amount

of funds an inmate has on deposit with the Department of

Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-138.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-138.1
Meritorious acts - Credit
Status: in_force

Every inmate of a state correctional facility may be entitled to

a deduction of no more than one hundred (100) credits for each

meritorious act performed and approved by the Department of

Corrections. Such a deed, performed by an inmate, shall be within

the public interest in enhancing public safety and life. The

Department of Corrections shall not have the authority to revoke

such credit awarded to an inmate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-529 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-529
Medical research program - Expenses
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is authorized to pay expenses

incurred in carrying out the medical research program at the State

Penitentiary from funds received pursuant to such research program.

Provided, however, that any funds not expended in carrying out such

research program can only be expended for goods, services, personnel

and capital improvement at the State Penitentiary at McAlester, the

McLeod Honor Farm, the Stringtown Subprison and the Granite

Reformatory. Provided, further, that the Department of Corrections

be permitted to receive federal funds that may be available from the

Federal Omnibus Crime Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-358 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-358
Office space for interviewers - Access to inmate records
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections shall provide adequate office

space at the institutions under their control for use by the

professional investigators and shall provide access to inmate

records including, but not limited to, records pertaining to

institutional conduct and criminal history.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-228 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-228
Tort immunity - Waiver - Insurance
Status: in_force

A. The State of Oklahoma, all counties and municipalities of

this state and all of their officers, agents, servants and

employees, and all nonprofit organizations are hereby immune from

liability for torts committed by or against any eligible offender

described in subsection A of Section 227 of this title. The state,

counties and municipalities waive their immunity from liability for

all torts committed by any eligible offender described in subsection

A of Section 227 of this title to the extent of liability expressly

and directly established in the Political Subdivision Tort Claims

Act, Section 151 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Provided, in no event shall the state, counties or municipalities be

held liable for a decision to place an eligible offender in any of

the programs described in subsection A of Section 227 of this title.

The waiver of immunity of the state shall take effect at 12:01

a.m. on October 1, 1985.

B. As provided by law, the State of Oklahoma or any county or

municipality of this state is authorized to purchase insurance

policies or bonds or to self-insure to indemnify the state, county

or municipality from any liability incurred pursuant to subsection A

of this section. The state, county or municipality shall determine

the daily cost of any such insurance policy, bond or self-insurance

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and such cost may be taxed and collected as costs from the client

participant.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-602 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-602
Authorization to execute compact - Text
Status: in_force

The Governor of Oklahoma is hereby authorized and requested to

execute, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, with any other state or

states legally joining therein a compact which shall be in form

substantially as follows:

The contracting states solemnly agree that:

Article I

The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and

improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs

for the confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of various types

of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party

states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of

cooperation with one another, and with the federal government,

thereby serving the best interest of such offenders and of society

and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational

costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual

development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the

confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders with the most

economical use of human and material resources.

Article II

As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires

otherwise:

1. "State" means a state of the United States, the United

States of America, a territory or possession of the United States,

the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;

2. "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which

conviction or court commitment was had;

3. "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to

which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which

conviction or court commitment was had;

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4. "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed,

under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional

institution; and

5. "Institution" means any penal or correctional facility

including, but not limited to, a facility for the mentally ill or

mentally defective, in which inmates may lawfully be confined.

Article III

A. Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one

or more of the other party states, or with the federal government,

for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in

institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract

shall provide for:

1. Its duration;

2. Payments to be made to the receiving state or to the federal

government, by the sending state for inmate maintenance,

extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in

or receipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services,

facilities, programs or treatment not reasonably included as part of

normal maintenance;

3. Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any, the

disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on

account thereof, and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of

any products resulting therefrom;

4. Delivery and retaking of inmates; and

5. Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to

fix the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and

receiving states.

B. The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of

any contract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto

and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith.

Article IV

A. Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party

to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to

subsection C of this section shall decide that confinement in, or

transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of

another party state is necessary or desirable in order to provide

adequate quarters and care or an appropriate program of

rehabilitation or treatment, said officials may direct that the

confinement be within an institution within the territory of said

other party state, the receiving state to act in that regard solely

as agent for the sending state.

B. The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact

shall have access, at all reasonable times, to any institution in

which it has a contractual right to confine inmates for the purpose

of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting such of its

inmates as may be confined in the institution.

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C. Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the terms of

this compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of

the sending state and may at any time be removed therefrom for

transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state,

for transfer to another institution in which the sending state may

have a contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on

probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose

permitted by the laws of the sending state, provided that the

sending state shall continue to be obligated to such payments as may

be required pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into under

the terms of Article III, subsection A.

D. Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each

sending state on the inmates of that sending state in institutions

pursuant to this compact including a conduct record of each inmate

and certify said record to the official designated by the sending

state, in order that each inmate may have official review of his or

her record in determining and altering the disposition of said

inmate in accordance with the law which may obtain in the sending

state and in order that the same may be a source of information for

the sending state.

E. All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant

to the provisions of this compact shall be treated in a reasonable

and humane manner and shall be treated equally with such similar

inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same

institution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not

deprive any inmate so confined of any legal rights which said inmate

would have had if confined in an appropriate institution of the

sending state.

F. Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate confined pursuant

to this compact may be entitled by the laws of the sending state may

be had before the appropriate authorities of the sending state, or

of the receiving state if authorized by the sending state. The

receiving state shall provide adequate facilities for such hearings

as may be conducted by the appropriate officials of a sending state.

In the event such hearing or hearings are had before officials of

the receiving state, the governing law shall be that of the sending

state and a record of the hearing or hearings as prescribed by the

sending state shall be made. Said record, together with any

recommendations of the hearing officials, shall be transmitted

forthwith to the official or officials before whom the hearing would

have been had if it had taken place in the sending state. In any

and all proceedings had pursuant to the provisions of this

subsection, the officials of the receiving state shall act solely as

agents of the sending state and no final determination shall be made

in any matter except by the appropriate officials of the sending

state.

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G. Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall be

released within the territory of the sending state, unless the

inmate and the sending and receiving states shall agree upon release

in some other place. The sending state shall bear the cost of such

return to its territory.

H. Any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact

shall have any and all rights to participate in and derive any

benefits or incur or be relieved of any obligations or have such

obligations modified or his status changed on account of any action

or proceeding in which he could have participated if confined in any

appropriate institution of the sending state located within such

state.

I. The parents, guardian, trustee or other person or persons

entitled under the laws of the sending state to act for, advise or

otherwise function with respect to any inmate shall not be deprived

of or restricted in his exercise of any power in respect of any

inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact.

Article V

A. Any decision of the sending state in respect to any matter

over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be

conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but

if at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an

institution in the receiving state there is pending against the

inmate within such state any criminal charge or if the inmate is

formally accused of having committed within such state a criminal

offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the

receiving state until discharge from prosecution or other form of

proceeding, imprisonment or detention for such offense. The duly

accredited officers of the sending state shall be permitted to

transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all

states party to this compact without interference.

B. An inmate who escapes from an institution in which he is

confined pursuant to this compact shall be deemed a fugitive from

the sending state and from the state in which the institution is

situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the

sending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of

extradition or rendition proceedings shall be that of the sending

state, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent or

affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction

directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee.

Article VI

Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use

in connection with any institution or program, the use of which is

or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant hereto;

and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may

participate in any such federally aided program or activity for

which the sending and receiving states have made contractual

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provision, provided that if such program or activity is not part of

the customary correctional regimen, the express consent of the

appropriate official of the sending state shall be required

therefor.

Article VII

This compact shall enter into force and become effective and

binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law

by any two states. Thereafter, this compact shall enter into force

and become effective and binding as to any other of said states upon

similar action by such state.

Article VIII

This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a

party state until it shall have enacted a statute repealing the same

and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal

from the compact to the appropriate official of all other party

states. An actual withdrawal shall not take effect until one (1)

year after the notice provided in said statute has been sent. Such

withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from its

obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of

withdrawal. Before effective date of withdrawal, a withdrawing

state shall remove to its territory, at its own expense, such

inmates as it may have confined pursuant to the provisions of this

compact.

Article IX

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate

or impair any agreement or other arrangement which a party state may

have with a nonparty state for the confinement, rehabilitation or

treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a party state

authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements.

Article X

The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and

shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of

this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any

participating state or of the United States or the applicability

thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held

invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the

applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or

circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall

be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating

therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the

remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state

affected as to all severable matters.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-582.5 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-582.5
Sex offender level assignment committee – Requirements
Status: in_force

to override or increase level assignment – Release of records.

A. The Department of Corrections shall establish a sex offender

level assignment committee composed of at least five members, each

of whom is a state employee whose service on the committee is in

addition to the regular duties of the employee. The committee, to

the extent feasible, should include the following:

1. One member having experience in law enforcement;

2. One member having experience as a sex offender treatment

provider;

3. One member having experience working with victims of sex

offenses; and

4. One member who is a social worker with a graduate degree in

social work.

B. The sex offender level assignment committee functions in an

oversight capacity. The committee shall determine, based on federal

law, the level a person subject to registration pursuant to the

provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall be placed on.

C. The offense for which the person is convicted shall serve as

the basis for the level assigned to the person. In selecting the

level assignment, the sex offender level assignment committee shall

use the following general guidelines:

1. Level one (low): a designation that the person poses a low

danger to the community and will not likely engage in criminal

sexual conduct;

2. Level two (moderate): a designation that the person poses a

moderate danger to the community and may continue to engage in

criminal sexual conduct; and

3. Level three (high): a designation that the person poses a

serious danger to the community and will continue to engage in

criminal sexual conduct.

D. The sex offender level assignment committee, the Department

of Corrections, or a court may override and increase the level

assignment only if the entity:

1. Believes that the level assignment assessed is not an

accurate prediction of the risk the offender poses to the community;

and

2. Documents the reason for the override in the case file of

the offender.

Provided, in no event shall the sex offender level assignment

committee, the Department of Corrections, or a court override and

reduce a level assigned to an offender as provided in subsection C

of this section.

E. All records and files relating to a person for whom a court,

or the Department of Corrections is required under this act to

determine a level assignment, shall be released to the court or the

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Department of Corrections as appropriate, for the purpose of

determining the level assignment of the person.

F. Upon receiving registration information from a local law

enforcement agency of a person who has entered this state and who

has registered as a sex offender, as required in Section 583 of this

title, the sex offender level assignment committee shall review the

registration information and make a determination of the level

assignment of the person. The Department of Corrections Sex

Offender Registry Unit shall provide written notification to the

person and the local law enforcement agency of the level assignment

that has been assigned to the person.

G. The provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act do not apply

to a meeting of the sex offender level assignment committee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.9 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-510.9
Electronic Monitoring Program
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Electronic Monitoring Program

for inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections who are

sentenced for a nonviolent offense not included as a violent offense

defined in Section 571 of this title. The Department is authorized

to use an electronic monitoring global positioning device to satisfy

its custody duties and responsibilities.

B. After an inmate has been processed and received through a

Department Assessment and Reception Center, has a home offer, and

has met the criteria established in subsection C of Section 521 of

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this title, the Director of the Department of Corrections may assign

the inmate, if eligible, to the Electronic Monitoring Program. The

following inmates, youthful offenders and juveniles shall not be

eligible for assignment to the program:

1. Any inmate serving a sentence of more than ten (10) years

who has one thousand ninety-five (1,095) days or more left on the

sentence;

2. Inmates convicted of a violent offense within the previous

ten (10) years or convicted of a violation enumerated in Section

13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Inmates convicted pursuant to Section 11-902 of Title 47 of

the Oklahoma Statutes who are not receptive to substance abuse

treatment and follow-up treatment;

4. Inmates deemed by the Department to be a security risk or

threat to the public;

5. Inmates requiring educational, medical or other services or

programs not available in a community setting as determined by the

Department;

6. Inmates convicted of any crime related to domestic abuse as

provided for in Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

who have an active protection order that was issued under the

Protection from Domestic Abuse Act;

7. Inmates who have outstanding felony warrants or detainers

from another jurisdiction;

8. Inmates convicted of a sex offense who, upon release from

incarceration, would be required by law to register pursuant to the

Sex Offender Registration Act;

9. Inmates convicted for any crime against a child or abuse

pursuant to Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Inmates convicted of exploitation of a vulnerable adult

pursuant to Section 843.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Inmates convicted of racketeering activity as defined in

Section 1402 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Inmates convicted pursuant to subsection F of Section 2-401

of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

13. Inmates convicted pursuant to Section 650 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

14. Inmates who have escaped from a medium or maximum custody

penal or correctional institution within the previous ten (10)

years; or

15. Inmates who currently have active misconduct actions on

file with the Department of Corrections.

C. Every eligible inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring

Program shall remain in such program until one of the following

conditions has been met:

1. The inmate discharges the term of the sentence;

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2. The inmate is removed from the Electronic Monitoring Program

for violation of any rule or condition of the program and reassigned

to imprisonment in a correctional facility; or

3. The inmate is paroled by the Governor pursuant to Section

332.7 of this title.

D. After an inmate has been assigned to the Electronic

Monitoring Program, denial of parole pursuant to Section 332.7 of

this title, shall not be cause for removal from the program,

provided the inmate has not violated the rules or conditions of the

program. The inmate may remain assigned to the program, if

otherwise eligible, until the completion of the sentence.

E. The Electronic Monitoring Program shall require active

supervision of the inmate in a community setting by a correctional

officer or other employee of the Department of Corrections with

monitoring by a global positioning device approved by the Department

under such rules and conditions as may be established by the

Department. If an inmate violates any rule or condition of the

program, the Department may take necessary disciplinary action

consistent with the rules established pursuant to this section

including reassignment to a higher level of security or removing the

inmate from the program with reassignment to imprisonment in a

correctional facility. Any inmate who escapes from the Electronic

Monitoring Program shall be subject to the provisions of Section 443

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

F. Upon an inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Program

becoming eligible for parole consideration, pursuant to Section

332.7 of this title, the Department of Corrections shall deliver the

inmate, in person, to a correctional facility for an interview,

together with any Department records necessary for the Pardon and

Parole Board's investigation. Inmates assigned to the Electronic

Monitoring Program shall not be allowed to waive consideration or

recommendation for parole.

G. Prior to placement of any eligible inmate assigned to the

Electronic Monitoring Program being placed in a community setting,

the Department of Corrections shall deliver a written notification

to the sheriff and district attorney of the county, and the chief

law enforcement officer of any incorporated city or town in which

the inmate is to be monitored and supervised under the program. The

Department of Corrections shall provide notice of the projected date

of release of an inmate to the designated Oklahoma victim

notification service provider within sixty (60) days but not less

than seven (7) days prior to the projected date of release of the

inmate.

H. An inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Program may

be required to pay the Department of Corrections for all or part of

any monitoring equipment or fee, substance abuse treatment program

or follow-up treatment expense, supervision cost or other costs

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while assigned to the program. The Department shall determine

whether the inmate has the ability to pay all or part of such fee or

costs.

I. The Department of Corrections shall develop policies and

procedures necessary to implement the Electronic Monitoring Program

including but not limited to methods of monitoring and supervision,

disciplinary action, reassignment to higher and lower security

levels, removal from the program and costs of monitoring and

supervision to be paid by the inmate, if any.

J. An inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Program

shall, within thirty (30) days of being placed in a community

setting, report to the court clerk and the district attorney of the

county from which the judgment and sentence resulting in

incarceration arose to address payment of any fines, costs,

restitution and assessments owed by the inmate, if any.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-613 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-613
Central Region Probation and Parole offices - Relocation -
Status: in_force

Purchase or lease - Purchase of building.

On or before January 1, 1995, the Central Region Probation and

Parole offices currently located at 4545 North Lincoln Boulevard,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, 4512 South May Avenue, Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma County, 611 West Sheridan, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

County, and 1128 North Midwest Boulevard, Midwest City, Oklahoma

County, may be relocated to one site in Oklahoma County. The new

office location shall be accessible to the offenders assigned to the

Central Region Probation and Parole offices and the new office space

shall consist of sufficient square footage to accommodate staff

offices, classrooms, program areas, staff conference areas, records

and computer areas, general storage areas, offender interview rooms,

mail room, reception area, laboratory area, photo area, secure

firearms storage areas, security equipment storage areas and other

necessary areas for operation of the probation and parole services

to offenders. The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to

purchase a building or enter into a lease-purchase agreement for

such building, subject to legislative appropriations. The

Department of Corrections shall comply with those provisions of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services pertaining to building

purchases, lease-purchase agreements and acquisition of office

space.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-628 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-628
Intermediate revocation facilities
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish

facilities to be designated as intermediate revocation facilities

for the purpose of temporarily confining offenders who have violated

the terms and conditions of probation. A period of confinement in

an intermediate revocation facility shall be for six (6) months. An

offender who is referred to an intermediate revocation facility

shall not be eligible to receive any earned credits pursuant to the

provisions of Section 138 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-571v1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-571v1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Oklahoma Statutes, unless another definition is

specified:

1. "Capacity" means the actual available bedspace as certified

by the State Board of Corrections subject to applicable federal and

state laws and the rules and regulations promulgated under such

laws; and

2. "Violent crime" means any of the following felony offenses

and any attempts to commit or conspiracy or solicitation to commit

the following crimes:

a. assault, battery, or assault and battery with a

dangerous or deadly weapon, as provided for in

Sections 645 and 652 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes,

b. assault, battery, or assault and battery with a deadly

weapon or by other means likely to produce death or

great bodily harm, as provided for in Section 652 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

c. aggravated assault and battery on a police officer,

sheriff, highway patrolman, or any other officer of

the law, as provided for in Section 650 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes,

d. poisoning with intent to kill, as provided for in

Section 651 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

e. shooting with intent to kill, as provided for in

Section 652 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

f. assault with intent to kill, as provided for in

Section 653 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

g. assault with intent to commit a felony, as provided

for in Section 681 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes,

h. assaults with a dangerous weapon while masked or

disguised, as provided for in Section 1303 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes,

i. murder in the first degree, as provided for in Section

701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

j. murder in the second degree, as provided for in

Section 701.8 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

k. manslaughter in the first degree, as provided for in

Section 711 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

l. manslaughter in the second degree, as provided for in

Section 716 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

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m. kidnapping, as provided for in Section 741 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes,

n. burglary in the first degree, as provided for in

Section 1431 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

o. burglary with explosives, as provided for in Section

1441 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

p. kidnapping for extortion, as provided for in Section

745 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

q. maiming, as provided for in Section 751 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes,

r. robbery, as provided for in Section 791 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes,

s. robbery in the first degree, as provided for in

Section 797 et seq. of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes,

t. robbery in the second degree, as provided for in

Section 797 et seq. of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes,

u. armed robbery, as provided for in Section 801 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

v. robbery by two or more persons, as provided for in

Section 800 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

w. robbery with dangerous weapon or imitation firearm, as

provided for in Section 801 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes,

x. child abuse, as provided for in Section 843.5 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

y. wiring any equipment, vehicle or structure with

explosives, as provided for in Section 849 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes,

z. forcible sodomy, as provided for in Section 888 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

aa. rape in the first degree, as provided for in Section

1114 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

bb. rape in the second degree, as provided for in Section

1114 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

cc. rape by instrumentation, as provided for in Section

1111.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

dd. lewd or indecent proposition or lewd or indecent act

with a child under sixteen (16) years of age, as

provided for in Section 1123 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes,

ee. use of a firearm or offensive weapon to commit or

attempt to commit a felony, as provided for in Section

1287 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

ff. pointing firearms, as provided for in Section 1289.16

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

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gg. rioting, as provided for in Section 1311 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes,

hh. inciting to riot, as provided for in Section 1320.2 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

ii. arson in the first degree, as provided for in Section

1401 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

jj. injuring or burning public buildings, as provided for

in Section 349 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

kk. sabotage, as provided for in Section 1262 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes,

ll. criminal syndicalism, as provided for in Section 1261

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

mm. extortion, as provided for in Section 1481 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes,

nn. obtaining signature by extortion, as provided for in

Section 1485 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

oo. seizure of a bus, discharging firearm or hurling

missile at bus, as provided for in Section 1903 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

pp. mistreatment of a mental patient, as provided for in

Section 843.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

qq. using a vehicle to facilitate the discharge of a

weapon pursuant to Section 652 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes,

rr. bombing offenses as defined in Section 1767.1 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

ss. child sexual abuse material or aggravated child sexual

abuse material as defined in Section 1021.2, 1021.3,

1024.1 or 1040.12a of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes,

tt. child prostitution as defined in Section 1030 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

uu. abuse of a vulnerable adult as defined in Section 10-

103 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes,

vv. aggravated trafficking as provided for in subsection C

of Section 2-415 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

ww. aggravated assault and battery upon any person

defending another person from assault and battery, as

provided for in Section 646 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes,

xx. human trafficking, as provided for in Section 748 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

yy. terrorism crimes as provided in Section 1268 et seq.

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

zz. eluding a peace officer, as provided for in subsection

B or C of Section 540A of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, or

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aaa. domestic abuse by strangulation, domestic assault with

a dangerous weapon, domestic assault and battery with

a dangerous weapon, domestic assault and battery

resulting in great bodily injury, or domestic assault

and battery with a deadly weapon, as provided for in

Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Such offenses shall constitute exceptions to nonviolent offenses

pursuant to Article VI, Section 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-564.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-564.1
Disciplinary proceedings – Judicial review –
Status: in_force

Requirements – Procedures.

A. In those instances of prison disciplinary proceedings that

result in the revocation of earned credits, the prisoner, after

exhausting administrative remedies, may seek judicial review in the

district court of the official residence of the Department of

Corrections. To be considered by the court, the inmate shall meet

the following requirements:

1. The petition shall be filed within ninety (90) days of the

date the petitioner is notified of the final Department of

Corrections decision in the Department disciplinary appeal process.

2. The petition shall only name the Department of Corrections

as the respondent and service shall be in accordance with the rules

for service under the laws of this state.

3. The petition shall be limited to the review of only one

disciplinary report and no other pleading is allowed other than the

petition and the answer.

4. The court shall not consider any pleadings from any

intervening parties and shall not stay the Department disciplinary

process during the review of the misconduct hearing.

B. The answer of the Department shall be filed within thirty

(30) days of receipt of the petition unless the court orders a

special report upon motion by one party or upon its own motion.

C. The petition shall assert that due process was not provided

and prove which element of due process, relevant only to a prison

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administrative disciplinary proceeding, was not provided by the

prison staff.

D. The court shall only determine whether due process was

provided by the revoking authority. In determining whether due

process was provided, the court shall determine:

1. Whether written notice of the charge was provided to the

inmate;

2. Whether the inmate had a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours

to prepare after notice of the charge;

3. Whether the inmate was provided an opportunity for a hearing

by a prison employee not involved in bringing the charge;

4. Whether the inmate had the opportunity to present relevant

documentary evidence;

5. Whether the inmate had the opportunity to call witnesses

when doing so would not be hazardous to institutional safety or

burden correctional goals;

6. Whether the inmate was provided a written statement as to

the evidence relied on and the reasons for the discipline imposed;

and

7. Whether any evidence existed in the record upon which the

hearing officer could base a finding of guilt.

E. The judicial review as provided in this section shall not be

an independent assessment of the credibility of any witness or a

weighing of the evidence, and there shall be no right to an error

free proceeding or to confront accusers. The only remedy to be

provided, if the court finds due process was not provided, is an

order to the Department to provide due process.

F. There shall be no recovery allowed for costs and fees,

providing that frivolous petitions are subject to the sanctions

provided by the laws of this state.

G. Either party aggrieved by the final order of the district

court on a petition for judicial review may only appeal the order to

the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals as set forth in the rules of

such Court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-513.2a — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-513.2a
Failure to give notification - Improper disclosure -
Status: in_force

Immunity from liability.

Neither the Pardon and Parole Board, District Attorney's office,

Department of Corrections, nor their members, agents, servants or

employees shall be liable for any civil claim of damages, alleged to

have arisen from a failure to give any notice under this act, nor

from a disclosure of the whereabouts of any person who had been

convicted, paroled or pardoned.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-545 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-545
Employment of inmates - Claims against inmates
Status: in_force

A. Any inmate employed by any prison industry shall be subject

to all rules established for his employment by the State Board of

Corrections and to all statutes governing the operation of state

prison industries as well as by all laws generally governing

employment, wages and working conditions except as provided for

herein.

B. Inmates employed by prison industries are not state

employees, and they are specifically forbidden from organizing into

unions or other associations in connection with their employment or

from engaging in any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or collective

bargaining process. This prohibition applies to any inmates forming

a union local or similar organization at any prison industry but it

shall not prohibit any inmate from otherwise achieving or retaining

status as a union member.

C. The claims of the state against an inmate to cover the costs

of incarceration of an inmate shall be prior to the unsecured claims

of any creditor.

D. The employment of any inmate by any prison industry is a

privilege granted by the state which may be revoked by the Director

of the Department of Corrections.

E. As used in subsection C of this section, "costs of

incarceration" shall include all costs associated with maintaining

an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections and shall

include costs paid by the state for medical care for the inmate.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-530.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-530.1
Assessment and reception of inmates - Duties of
Status: in_force

Department of Corrections.

A. The Department of Corrections, by the rules of that

Department, shall have the following duties which shall be performed

as part of the assessment and reception process of the Department of

Corrections, upon reception of each inmate:

1. To administer, or cause to be administered, physical and

psychological examination of all inmates, including any requirement

to collect biological samples for DNA testing pursuant to Section

991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes and Section 150.27a of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or other provision of law;

2. To identify the vocational-technical skills of all inmates.

The information shall be noted on and made a part of the record for

each inmate;

3. To assess the educational and training needs of all inmates

and recommend for placement any inmate with an educational need as

established in Section 510.7 of this title;

4. To determine from available records and interviews, the

place of birth of new inmates. The Department of Corrections shall

furnish a list of foreign-born nationals and suspected foreign-born

nationals to the Immigration and Naturalization Service on a weekly

basis;

5. To determine initial security and custody classifications;

6. To determine and recommend for placement in an alcohol or

substance abuse treatment facility or program, as provided for in

this section, any inmate in need of alcohol or substance abuse

treatment;

7. To determine and recommend for placement in the Department

of Corrections Mental Health Unit any inmate who is in need of acute

psychiatric care;

8. To plan for immediate assignments to institutions, community

treatment centers, alcohol or substance abuse treatment centers or

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programs, alternatives to incarceration authorized by law, or other

facilities, public or private, designated by the Department;

9. To recommend possible future assignments to institutions,

community treatment centers, alcohol or substance abuse treatment

centers or programs, alternatives to incarceration authorized by

law, or other facilities designated by the Department;

10. To provide orientation and instruction with respect to

rules and procedures for prisoners;

11. To obtain all relevant juvenile court records and relevant

Department of Juvenile Justice agency records, if any, pertaining to

inmates and make the records a part of the permanent record

maintained by the Department of Corrections regarding the inmate.

The information contained in those records shall be used to

determine security level and placement of inmates; and

12. To administer a risk and needs assessment on each inmate

and develop an individualized case plan based on the results of the

assessment to guide an inmate's rehabilitation while in the

Department's custody in order to reduce the likelihood of

recidivism.

B. An alcohol or substance abuse treatment center in which an

inmate is placed shall provide services and standards of treatment

as provided by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services under its rules for alcoholism or substance abuse

treatment. Upon placement of a prisoner in a center for alcoholism

or substance abuse treatment, the Department of Corrections shall

enter into a third party contract with such center for the custodial

and professional services rendered to any prisoner. Such contract

may include requirements imposed by law on the Department of

Corrections or reimbursement for such services, if necessary. The

Department of Corrections is further authorized to enter into third

party contracts for substance abuse treatment programs which are

certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services to provide professional services on an outpatient basis to

prisoners in need of substance abuse treatment and follow-up

treatment while assigned to alternatives to incarceration.

C. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall allow reasonable

access to its database for the purpose of obtaining the juvenile

records required by subsection A of this section.

D. The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules governing

the implementation of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-365 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-365
Specialized parole
Status: in_force

A. Persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections

sentenced for crimes committed prior to July 1, 1998, who meet the

following guidelines may be considered by the Pardon and Parole

Board for a specialized parole:

1. a. who are within one (1) year of projected release date

and are serving a sentence for a crime listed in

Schedule A, B, C, D or D-1 on the main sentencing

matrix or S-1, S-2 or S-3 on the sex crimes matrix; or

b. who are within two (2) years of projected release date

and are serving a sentence for an offense that is in a

different schedule of the main matrix or is on the

drug crimes or intoxicant crimes involving a vehicle

matrix; and

2. Who have completed at least one of the following:

a. general education diploma, or

b. adult literacy program, or

c. residential substance abuse program, or

d. participation in a prison public works program for

ninety (90) consecutive days, or

e. a vocational-technical education program, or

f. other educational or rehabilitation program available

in the department; and

3. Who are not incarcerated for an offense for which parole is

prohibited pursuant to law.

B. Upon an inmate becoming eligible for specialized parole it

shall be the duty of the Pardon and Parole Board, with or without

application being made, to cause an examination to be made of the

criminal record of the inmate and to make inquiry into the conduct

and the record of the inmate during confinement in the custody of

the Department of Corrections.

C. Upon a favorable finding by the Pardon and Parole Board, the

Board shall recommend to the Governor that the inmate be placed on

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specialized parole. If approved by the Governor, notification shall

be made to the Department of Corrections that said inmate has been

placed on specialized parole.

D. Prior to the placement of an inmate on specialized parole,

the Pardon and Parole Board shall provide written notification to

the sheriff and district attorney of the county in which any person

on specialized parole is to be placed and to the chief law

enforcement officer of any incorporated city or town in which said

person is to be placed of the placement of the person on specialized

parole within the county or incorporated city or town. The Board

also shall provide written notification of the placement of the

person on specialized parole within the county or incorporated city

or town to any victim of the crime for which the inmate was

convicted by mailing the notification to the last-known address of

the victim, if such information is requested by the victim. The

Board shall not give the address of the inmate to any victim of the

crime for which the inmate was convicted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-211 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-211
Occupational rosters
Status: in_force

The warden of each state penal institution shall establish and

maintain occupational rosters of prisoners incarcerated in their

respective institutions, showing prisoners who have special skills

and talents in institutional maintenance, including but not limited

to dairying, cooking, electrical work, steam boiler work,

bricklaying, carpenter work, heat and air conditioning work, and

common labor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-587 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-587
Penalty
Status: in_force

A. Any person required to register pursuant to the provisions

of the Sex Offenders Registration Act who violates any provision of

said act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5 felony

offense. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall

be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

Corrections for not more than five (5) years, a fine not to exceed

Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and

imprisonment.

B. Any person required to register pursuant to the Sex

Offenders Registration Act who fails to comply with the established

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guidelines for Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring shall,

upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense punishable

by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by

imprisonment in the custody of the county jail for not more than one

(1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-31 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-31
Corporal punishment prohibited
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to administer any corporal

punishment of any kind to any inmate of any penal or corrective

institution of the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-563.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-563.2
Private prison facilities for inmates
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, a

private prison contractor may contract with the federal government

or another state to provide for housing, care and control of

inmates, as provided in this section, who are in the custody of the

United States or another state, except for inmates who have

histories of escape from medium or maximum security level

correctional facilities for adults, who have a felony conviction for

rioting, who are sentenced to terms of incarceration for conviction

of a sex-related offense, or who are incarcerated with a sentence of

death, within a facility owned or operated by the private prison

contractor. Private prison contractors shall not provide for the

housing, care and control of detainees designated as enemy

combatants by the federal government, or who are under federal,

state or local investigation, charge, or conviction for crimes of

international terrorism or conspiracy to commit international

terrorism or acts of hostile aggression against the United States or

allies of the United States. Such private prison contractor may

perform other functions related to such responsibilities.

B. A private prison contractor operating a facility on January

1, 2004, at twenty-five percent (25%) or less capacity may contract

with the federal government or another state to provide for housing,

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care and control of inmates provided the facility would be allowed

to house the same type of inmates if contracting with this state.

C. Any offense which would be a crime if committed within a

state correctional institution of this state shall be a crime if

committed in a facility owned or operated by a private prison

contractor.

D. 1. A private prison contractor shall not employ any

personnel convicted of a felony if the person has been incarcerated

in the private prison facility for which an application for

employment is being considered; provided, a private prison

contractor may employ personnel convicted of drug-related felonies

who have been rehabilitated for programs for drug or other substance

abuse rehabilitation for inmates of the facility.

2. Any personnel of a facility owned or operated by a private

prison contractor, except any person convicted of a felony offense,

shall be authorized to carry and use firearms while in the

performance of their official duties only in the manner provided in

this subsection and only after completing training approved by the

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. The Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training may charge a reasonable fee

for its cost of evaluating firearms training for private prison

personnel. Private prison personnel shall only be authorized to use

firearms for the following purposes:

a. to prevent escape from the facility or from custody

while being transported to or from the facility. As

used in this paragraph, "to prevent escape from the

facility" means to prevent an incarcerated individual

from crossing the secure perimeter of the facility, or

b. to prevent an act which would cause death or serious

bodily injury to any person.

3. The Department of Corrections is authorized to provide

training to personnel of the private prison contractor, pursuant to

contract. The Department of Corrections shall charge a reasonable

fee for the training, not to exceed the cost of such training. The

provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to confer peace

officer status upon any employee of the private prison contractor or

to authorize the use of firearms, except as provided in this

subsection.

4. All private prisons operating in this state shall prepare a

written emergency plan and mutual aid agreement between the private

prison facility and state and local law enforcement agencies,

including the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public

Safety.

5. If an inmate escapes from the facility, or in the event of

any riot or other serious disturbance, personnel from the facility

immediately shall inform the Department of Corrections, the

Department of Public Safety, the county sheriff and, if the facility

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is located within the boundaries of a municipality, the police

department of the municipality.

6. The Department of Corrections shall designate facilities

operated by the Department to provide support in the event of a

riot, escape or other serious emergency. Personnel from the

facility shall inform the Department of Corrections, pursuant to

Department policy, if there is any incident. The Department of

Corrections is directed to respond on behalf of public safety of

this state. The private prison contractor shall provide the

Department of Corrections access to the facility and secure facility

space to establish a command post, including provisions for

telephone and fax access. Any emergency response provided by any

state or local law enforcement agency shall be at the sole expense

of the private prison contractor/operator. Each responding agency

shall submit a written invoice detailing costs incurred which shall

be paid within thirty (30) days of receipt by the private prison

contractor/operator.

E. If an inmate is to be released or discharged from

incarceration, is released or discharged by any court order, is to

be placed on probation, is paroled, or if the federal government or

sending state requests transfer or the return of the inmate, the

private prison contractor immediately shall transfer or return the

inmate to the sending state which has legal authority over the

sentence or, in the case of federal inmates, to the closest federal

prison or to the federal authority of the state in which federal

custody over the inmate originated.

F. A private prison contractor housing federal inmates from

jurisdictions other than Oklahoma, or inmates sentenced pursuant to

the legal authority of another state, shall not allow any such

inmate to leave the premises of the facility, except to comply with

an order to appear in a court of competent jurisdiction, to receive

medical care not available at the facility, to work as provided in

subsection G of this section, or to return or be transferred to

another state as provided by the provisions of subsection E of this

section.

G. A private prison contractor may allow minimum security

inmate labor to be used in public works projects provided all of the

following conditions are satisfied:

1. The public works project must be in and for the county where

the private prison is located or a county adjacent to the county

where the private prison is located, or in and for a municipality in

the county where the private prison is located or an adjacent

county;

2. The private prison contractor has developed security

procedures which will ensure the safety of the public and the

Department of Corrections has approved such procedures;

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3. The public works project has been authorized by the

Department of Corrections and the county or municipal authorities

where the public works project is located;

4. The private prison contractor has procured and has in force

and effect a policy of liability insurance which will provide

coverage in an amount determined by the Department of Corrections

for any loss resulting from the acts or omissions of inmates

participating in such project or employees of the private prison

contractor and for any injuries occurring to the inmates or

employees; and

5. The use of federal inmates for public works projects will be

in strict compliance with the provisions of Section 4002 of Title 18

of the United States Code and any other applicable provisions of

federal law.

H. A private prison contractor housing federal inmates or

inmates of another state shall be responsible for the reimbursement

of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by this state or a

political subdivision of this state for legal actions brought in

this state by or on behalf of any federal inmate or inmate of

another state while incarcerated in the facility, including court

costs, sheriff mileage fees, witness fees, district attorney

expenses, expenses of the office of Attorney General, indigent or

public defender fees and costs, judicial expenses, court reporter

expenses and any other costs, fees, or expenses associated with the

proceedings or actions.

I. A private prison contractor shall not house inmates from

this state with federal inmates or inmates from another state,

unless segregated or otherwise housed in such a manner as to satisfy

the Director of the Department of Corrections.

J. The State of Oklahoma shall not assume jurisdiction or

custody of any federal inmate or inmate from another state housed in

a facility owned or operated by a private prison contractor. Such

inmates from another state shall at all times be subject to the

jurisdiction of that state and federal inmates shall at all times be

subject to federal jurisdiction. This state shall not be liable for

loss resulting from the acts of such inmates nor shall this state be

liable for any injuries to the inmates.

K. Prior to contracting for the housing of any federal inmate

or inmate from another state, the private prison contractor shall

give the Department of Corrections first right to contract for

placement of inmates under the custody of the Department of

Corrections in the available capacity of the private prison

facility.

L. Prior to housing maximum security inmates in the custody of

the United States or another state, the private prison contractor

shall receive authorization from the Department of Corrections to

house maximum security inmates at the facility. Authorization

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granted by the Department of Corrections shall be based on facility

design and physical plant security requirements consistent with

standards established by the American Correctional Association or

the physical plant security requirements of the Department at

Department-operated maximum security facilities. Upon request by a

private prison contractor for all or a part of a facility to be

granted authorization to house maximum security inmates, the

Department shall complete an assessment within thirty (30) days.

The assessment shall either result in authorization being granted to

the private prison contractor or shall provide detailed requirements

that shall be met by the facility in order for authorization to be

granted.

M. At least ten (10) business days prior to the transfer of

inmates who are in the custody of the United States or another state

to a private prison facility operating in the State of Oklahoma, the

private prison contractor shall provide the Department of

Corrections with the following information:

1. The number of inmates to be transferred;

2. The name of each inmate to be transferred;

3. The date of transfer of the inmate;

4. The security level of each inmate to be transferred, as

determined by the sentencing state;

5. The facility to which the inmate shall be transferred; and

6. The criminal history and institutional behavioral record for

each inmate.

The information provided pursuant to this subsection shall not

be public record until the transfer of the inmate is complete. The

records shall thereafter be made public only to the extent required

by state law.

N. The Department of Corrections shall have thirty (30) days

after receipt of the information required in accordance with

subsection M of this section to determine whether an inmate

transferred to a private prison facility is compliant with the

conditions of subsection A or B of this section. If the Department

determines that an inmate housed at a private prison facility is not

compliant with the conditions provided for in subsection A or B of

this section, the Department shall notify the private prison

contractor. Notification by the Department shall include the name

of the inmate and reason why the inmate does not qualify to be

housed at the facility to which the inmate has been transferred or

housed within the State of Oklahoma. The private prison contractor

shall either provide supplemental information verifying compliance

with subsection A or B of this section, or shall transfer the inmate

out of the State of Oklahoma within thirty (30) days of receiving

said notification from the Department. Failure of the Department to

review the inmate information provided pursuant to subsection M of

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this section shall not prevent the transfer of inmates into the

State of Oklahoma for housing at a private prison facility.

O. The provisions of subsection A, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6

of subsection D, paragraphs 2, 3, 5 and 6 of subsection M and

subsection N of this section shall not apply to a private prison

contractor that has a direct contract with the Federal Bureau of

Prisons of the United States Department of Justice for a facility

that houses federal inmates and is monitored on-site by federal

agency staff.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-561.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-561.1
Private prison contractors - Requests for proposals or
Status: in_force

negotiated contracts.

A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection K of this

section, prior to entering into a contract with any private prison

contractor for construction or operation, or both, of a correctional

facility, the Department of Corrections shall establish a process

for requesting proposals or negotiated contracts from such

contractors. The Department of Corrections shall develop criteria

for the process by which a contractor for the construction or

operation, or both, of a private prison is to be awarded a contract.

The criteria shall be subject to approval by the State Board of

Corrections. The criteria for selection of a site for a proposed

facility to be constructed or operated, or both, by a private

contractor shall include, but shall not be limited to, the

availability of medical services, support services, transportation

services and the availability of potential employees who would be

qualified to perform required functions at a state correctional

facility.

B. Any contract between the Department of Corrections and a

private prison contractor, whereby the contractor provides for the

housing, care, and control of inmates in a nondepartmental facility

operated by the contractor, shall contain, in addition to other

provisions, terms and conditions:

1. Requiring the contractor to provide said services in a

facility which meets accreditation standards established by the

American Correctional Association;

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2. Requiring the contractor to receive accreditation for said

facility from the American Correctional Association, within three

(3) years of commencement of operations of the facility;

3. Requiring the contractor to obtain written authorization

from the governing board of any municipality in which the facility

is to be located, or if the facility is not to be located within a

municipality, written authorization from the board of county

commissioners of the county in which the facility is to be located;

and

4. Granting the Department the option at the beginning of each

fiscal year pursuant to an agreement, to purchase any such facility,

with or without inventory or other personal property, at a

predetermined price, which shall be negotiated and included in a

schedule or a formula to be contained in the original agreement.

Such agreements relating to a correctional facility, the

construction of which was financed or is to be financed by

obligations issued from a local governmental entity the repayment of

which is to be made in whole or in part from rentals from the State

of Oklahoma or the Department of Corrections, shall be submitted to

the Council on Bond Oversight as provided in subsection I of this

section.

C. A contractor proposing to enter a contract with the

Department of Corrections for construction or operation, or both, of

a correctional facility pursuant to this section must demonstrate:

1. The qualifications and the operations and management

experience to carry out the terms of the contract; and

2. The ability to comply with the standards of the American

Correctional Association and with specific court orders.

D. In addition to meeting the requirements specified in the

requests for proposals, a proposal for the construction and

operation of a correctional facility must:

1. Provide for regular, on-site monitoring by the Department of

Corrections;

2. Acknowledge that payment by the state is subject to the

availability of appropriations;

3. Provide for payment of a maximum amount per fiscal year;

4. Demonstrate a cost benefit to the State of Oklahoma when

compared to the level and quality of programs provided by state-

operated facilities that have similar types of inmates at an

operational cost not more than the cost of housing inmates in

similar facilities and providing similar programs to those types of

inmates in state-operated facilities. The Department of Corrections

shall be responsible for determining the cost/benefit of the

proposal;

5. Permit the state to terminate the contract for cause;

6. Contain a proposed per diem operational cost per inmate for

the initial year and subsequent years of operations;

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7. Subject to appropriations, provide that cost adjustments may

be made only once each fiscal year, to take effect at the beginning

of the next fiscal year using as the maximum percentage increase, if

any, an increase not to exceed the previous year's Consumer Price

Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as prepared by the United

States Bureau of Labor Statistics, except as otherwise provided by

subsection K of this section;

8. Have an initial contract term of not more than one (1) year,

with an option to renew for additional periods not to exceed twenty

(20) years;

9. If the proposal includes construction of a facility, contain

a performance bond approved by the Department that is adequate and

appropriate for the proposed contract;

10. Provide for assumption of liability by the private vendor

for all claims arising from the services performed under the

contract by the private vendor;

11. Provide for an adequate plan of insurance for the private

vendor and its officers, employees, and agents against all claims,

including claims based on violations of civil rights arising from

the services performed under the contract by the private vendor;

12. Provide for an adequate plan of insurance to protect the

state against all claims arising from the services performed under

the contract by the private vendor and to protect the state from

actions by a third party against the private vendor, its officers,

employees, and agents as a result of the contract;

13. Provide plans for the purchase and assumption of operations

by the state in the event of the bankruptcy of the private vendor;

and

14. Contain comprehensive standards for conditions of

confinement.

E. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department of

Corrections shall determine the budgeted average daily cost per

inmate. The budgeted average daily cost per inmate shall include

all direct and indirect costs incurred by the Department. There

shall be a separate computation of budgeted average daily cost for

maximum security, medium security, minimum security, and community

facilities. This information shall be presented to the State Board

of Corrections for informational purposes only. After the close of

each fiscal year, the Department shall determine the actual average

daily cost per inmate for the operational costs at each major

category of correctional facility. The actual average daily cost

per inmate shall include all direct and indirect costs incurred by

the Department. There shall be a separate computation of the

average daily rate for maximum security, medium security, minimum

security, and community facilities. The Department shall present to

the State Board of Corrections at its January meeting comparative

data on budgeted daily cost versus actual daily cost, and, after

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appropriate review and analysis, the Board shall adopt as a final

action of the Board an average daily cost per inmate by facility

category for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

F. If a request for proposal process is utilized and no

proposals conform to the established criteria, the Department shall

prepare an additional request for proposals. The Department of

Corrections shall evaluate the proposals within thirty (30) days of

receipt from the prospective contractor. The Department of

Corrections shall specifically determine whether a proposal meets

the requirements of paragraph 4 of subsection D of this section by

comparing the daily rate for housing and care of inmates pursuant to

any proposed contract with a private contractor to the daily rate

for housing and care of inmates at the comparable type of facility

operated by the Department of Corrections using the information

provided pursuant to paragraph 6 of subsection D of this section.

The Department shall evaluate proposals taking into account any

direct or indirect costs that would continue to be paid by the

Department of Corrections including, but not limited to,

transportation, records management, discipline, general

administration, management of inmate trust funds, and major medical

coverage. Such costs shall be added to the proposed per diem of the

private vendor when comparing the total per diem costs of the state

operating facilities.

G. If the Department of Corrections proposes to enter into a

contract for the construction or the operation, or both, of a

private prison, the Department shall compare both the capital costs

and the operating costs for the facility to the imputed capital

costs and the projected operating costs of a comparable facility

constructed and operated by the Department of Corrections.

H. The Department of Corrections shall deliver to the State

Board of Corrections the top three qualified prospective private

prison contractors identified pursuant to this section and pursuant

to Section 561 of this title together with the information reviewed

and analyzed by the Department of Corrections during analysis of the

proposals as required by this section. The Board of Corrections

shall evaluate the information provided and shall make a final

decision selecting the contractor within fifteen (15) days of

receipt of the information.

I. Any contract subject to the provisions of this section

entered into by the Board of Corrections shall be subject to the

approval of the Council on Bond Oversight in the same manner as

provided by law for the review of issuance of obligations by State

Governmental Entities as prescribed by Section 695.8 of Title 62 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

J. Before submission of the proposed contract to the Council on

Bond Oversight, and prior to the date as of which the proposed

contract is executed by the Board of Corrections, the Attorney

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General and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall review the proposed final version of the contract.

The Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services shall have a period of fifteen (15) days

from receipt of the proposed final version of the contract to

approve the contract and execute the document. If either the

Attorney General or the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services has objections to the proposed contract, the

objections shall be communicated in writing to the Department of

Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall take appropriate

action regarding the objections and shall resubmit the proposed

contract for additional review. The Attorney General and the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services shall have an additional

fifteen-day period to approve the proposed contract and to execute

the document. Failure of the Attorney General or the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, respectively, to

act within the fifteen-day period shall constitute approval of the

respective official to the proposed final version of the contract.

The contract shall contain a separate signature block or line for

signature by the Attorney General and the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services. The contract shall contain a statement to be

executed by the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services that each one of them,

respectively, has reviewed the proposed contract for compliance with

the provisions of this section and Section 561 of this title, and

all other applicable provisions of law and that the contract

conforms with those requirements. Neither the private prison

contractor nor the State Board of Corrections shall execute the

contract until the document has been executed by the Attorney

General and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services as required by this subsection unless the approval of the

respective official has been made as a result of failure to take

action within the fifteen-day period prescribed by this subsection.

K. The State Board of Corrections may renew a private prison

contract which is in effect for any time period during the fiscal

year ending June 30, 2009, if the Board determines that the renewal

of such contract will result in a reduced per diem in the fiscal

year ending June 30, 2010. If the State Board of Corrections makes

such determination, the contract shall not be subject to the

restrictions of paragraph 7 of subsection D of this section and the

Board shall negotiate the contract based upon such terms as the

Board deems to be in the best interest of operational efficiency,

including the inmate population, per inmate cost, public safety and

such other terms as the State Board of Corrections determines to be

relevant to such contract. The State Board of Corrections shall

have the authority to negotiate the term of any contract executed

pursuant to the provisions of this subsection subject to the

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availability of appropriations to the Department of Corrections each

year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-560 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-560
Architectural contracts - Restrictions
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is hereby prohibited from

contracting with any architectural firm for a specific project on

which the architectural firm has been involved in any work

preliminary to said project.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-508.4 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-508.4
Investigations Division
Status: in_force

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A. There is hereby created the Investigations Division within

the Department of Corrections. The purpose of the Division shall be

to investigate allegations of criminal acts by inmates, offenders or

employees of the Department, as well as to investigate allegations

of constitutional or policy violations.

B. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall employ

the proper personnel and adopt the necessary procedures to carry out

the duties of the Investigations Division and shall appoint a

Director of the Division who shall administer the activities of the

Division.

C. The Investigations Division of the Department of Corrections

shall have the jurisdiction and authority to investigate all

allegations of criminal behavior at any facility owned or operated

by the Department, or any private prison facility or other facility

with which the Department contracts to house inmates from the State

of Oklahoma.

D. The Investigations Division shall have jurisdiction and

authority to investigate any escape committed by prisoners under the

custody and control of the Department of Corrections. If it is

determined that a prisoner has escaped the custody of the

Department, in violation of Section 443 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the Department is authorized to issue a warrant for the

arrest of the escapee and the warrant shall have the force and

effect of any warrant of arrest issued by a district court in the

state. Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of a

district attorney to issue an arrest warrant for the escapee.

E. All officers, investigators, agents and immediate

supervisory staff of listed positions assigned to the Investigations

Division shall be deemed peace officers and shall possess the powers

granted by law to peace officers. Officers, investigators, agents

and supervisory staff of the Investigations Division shall meet all

of the training and qualifications for peace officers required by

Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-561.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-561.2
Siting of correctional facilities - Contractor selection
Status: in_force

process.

A. The Department of Corrections shall develop criteria for

selection of a site upon which to construct the correctional

facilities described in subsection B of Section 183 of Title 73 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. The criteria shall include, but shall not be

limited to, the availability of medical services, support services,

transportation services, the availability of potential employees who

would be qualified to perform required functions at a state

correctional facility and any benefits or incentives offered by the

applicant. The criteria shall be subject to approval by the State

Board of Corrections.

B. The Department of Corrections shall establish a process for

requesting proposals to construct a correctional facility built with

the funds authorized pursuant to Section 183 of Title 73 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Proposals shall be submitted not later than thirty (30) days

after receipt of the request. The Department shall identify the

proposals meeting the criteria approved pursuant to subsection A of

this section within thirty (30) days after receipt of the proposals.

The Department of Corrections shall identify by appropriate review

and analysis the proposals submitted and shall select a maximum of

three proposals which conform to the criteria set out in subsection

A of this section and shall forward the proposals meeting criteria

to the State Board of Corrections.

D. The Department of Corrections shall deliver to the State

Board of Corrections the top three qualified proposals identified

pursuant to this section together with the information reviewed and

analyzed by the Department of Corrections during analysis of the

proposals as required by this section. The State Board of

Corrections shall evaluate the information provided and shall make a

final decision selecting the best site for the correctional facility

within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the information.

E. Any plans developed pursuant to the process for selection of

a contractor for construction of a facility authorized pursuant to

Section 183 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall become the

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nonexclusive property of the State of Oklahoma as a condition of the

award of the final contract for construction of the facility. The

State of Oklahoma shall not be obligated to obtain any further

permission for use of the plans or to make payment to any person or

other legal entity for the further use of the plans as may be needed

for additional projects for site adaptation for buildings,

structures, or both, for use by the Department of Corrections.

F. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be

responsible for any changes or updates of such plans for

construction of any additional correctional facility constructed

using the plans described in subsection E of this section. The

Department of Transportation and the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services shall provide such architectural, engineering

and consulting services as the Department of Corrections may require

in order to adapt existing plans for use in construction of

additional correctional facilities.

G. If the Department of Corrections requires architectural,

engineering or other consulting services in addition to those

services authorized by subsection F of this section, the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall be authorized to enter into

a contract with an architect, engineer or for other necessary

services, as may be required in order to adapt existing plans for

new sites for additional correctional facilities. The costs of any

such services shall be paid by the Department of Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-590 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-590
Residency restriction - Penalty
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person registered pursuant to the Sex

Offenders Registration Act to reside, either temporarily or

permanently, within a two-thousand-foot radius of any public or

private school site, educational institution, property or campsite

used by an organization whose primary purpose is working with

children, a playground or park that is established, operated or

supported in whole or in part by a homeowners' association or a

city, town, county, state, federal or tribal government, a licensed

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child care center or family child care home as defined in the

Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act or the residence of his

or her victim. Establishment of a licensed child care center,

family child care home or park in the vicinity of the residence of a

registered sex offender will not require the relocation of the sex

offender or the sale of the property. On June 7, 2006, the distance

indicated in this section shall be measured from the nearest

property line of the residence of the person to the nearest property

line of the public or private school site, educational institution,

property or campsite used by an organization whose primary purpose

is working with children, playground, park, licensed child care

center, family child care home or residence of his or her victim;

provided, any nonprofit organization established and housing sex

offenders prior to the effective date of this provision shall be

allowed to continue its operation.

Nothing in this provision shall require any person to sell or

otherwise dispose of any real estate or home acquired or owned prior

to the conviction of the person as a sex offender.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person who is required to

register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act for any

offense in which a minor child was the victim to reside with a minor

child or establish any other living accommodation where a minor

child resides. Provided, however, the person may reside with a

minor child if the person is the parent, stepparent or grandparent

of the minor child and the minor child was not the victim of the

offense for which the person is required to register. Any person

subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act who

resides with a minor child must report to the statewide centralized

hotline of the Department of Human Services the name and date of

birth of any and all minor children residing in the same household

and the offenses for which the person is required to register

pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act within three (3) days

of intent to reside with a minor child.

Nothing in the provisions of this subsection shall prevent the

Department of Human Services from conducting and completing a safety

evaluation when a registered sex offender resides in the home of a

minor child.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any

registered sex offender residing in a hospital or other facility

certified or licensed by the State of Oklahoma to provide medical

services.

D. Any person willfully violating the provisions of this

section by:

1. Intentionally moving into any neighborhood or to any real

estate or home within the prohibited distance; or

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2. Intentionally moving into a residence with a minor child or

establishing any other living accommodation where a minor child

resides as specified in subsection B of this section,

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense

punishable by a fine not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars

($3,000.00), or by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

Corrections for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than

three (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person

convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section shall

be guilty of a Class B2 felony offense and shall be punished by a

fine not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term of not less than three (3) years, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-56 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-56
Penalty for breaking jail
Status: in_force

If any person imprisoned pursuant to a sentence of imprisonment

in a county or city jail, or any person committed to a county or

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city jail for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for any

misdemeanor or traffic offense, escapes therefrom, either while

actually confined therein or while permitted to be at large as a

trusty, he shall be punished by confinement in the county jail not

exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 4594. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 160, § 1; Laws 1983, c.

47, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-360.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-360.2
Information to be provided to wrongfully imprisoned
Status: in_force

persons.

A. The Department of Corrections shall provide to each

wrongfully imprisoned person information that includes:

1. A copy of Section 154 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes

which sets forth the extent of liability of the state and its

political subdivisions for wrongful criminal felony convictions and

imprisonment pursuant to The Governmental Tort Claims Act; and

2. A list of and contact information for nonprofit advocacy

groups, identified by the Department, that assist persons upon

release from a penal institution.

B. The Department shall provide the information:

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1. At the time of the release of the wrongfully imprisoned

person from a penal institution; or

2. As soon as practicable after the Department has reason to

believe that the person is entitled to compensation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-4.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-4.2
Restraints on pregnant inmates – Access to certain persons
Status: in_force

during delivery.

A. All penal institutions, detention centers and county jails

shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary when the

facility has actual or constructive knowledge that an inmate is

pregnant. The presumption is that no restraints of any kind shall

be used, unless otherwise directed by the physician in charge:

1. When transporting an inmate who is in labor;

2. During any phase of labor;

3. While the inmate is delivering her baby; or

4. While the inmate is recuperating from the delivery of her

baby, unless there are compelling grounds to believe that the inmate

presents an immediate and serious threat of harm to herself, staff

or others or is a substantial flight risk and cannot be reasonably

contained by other means.

B. Prior to labor, if it is necessary to ensure the safety of

the inmate, staff or others, only the least restrictive restraints

necessary shall be used and in a way that mitigates adverse clinical

consequences. Consultation with medical staff is required prior to

application of restraints. Written approval from the warden of a

penal institution, director of a detention center or sheriff of a

county jail is required, unless there are compelling grounds to

believe that the inmate presents an immediate and serious threat of

harm to herself, staff or others or is a substantial flight risk and

cannot be reasonably contained by other means. Correctional

officers shall be available and shall be required to remove

restraints upon request from medical personnel. The following

restraints and control techniques are prohibited:

1. Abdominal restraints;

2. Four-point restraints or placing the pregnant inmate in a

facedown position;

3. Leg and ankle restraints that may increase the risk of

forward falls; and

4. Any kind of chain restraints where the inmate is linked to

any other inmate.

In general, the least restrictive restraints necessary shall be

a frontal wrist restraint which, if used, must be applied in such a

way that the pregnant inmate is able to protect herself and the

fetus in the event of a forward fall.

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C. To maintain privacy, when appropriate, correctional officers

shall be positioned outside the room of the inmate, unless requested

by the physician in charge.

D. Any female inmate confined in a penal institution, detention

center or county jail shall receive notice in writing in a language

and manner understandable to the inmate about the requirements of

this section upon admission to the penal institution, detention

center or county jail and again, when the inmate is known to be

pregnant. The warden, director or sheriff shall publish notice of

the requirements of this section in prominent locations where

medical care is provided to female inmates.

E. All penal institutions, detention centers and county jails

shall ensure that pregnant inmates have access to one of the

following during delivery:

1. A family member or a friend who has previously been approved

on the visitors list of the penal institution, detention center or

county jail;

2. A member of the clergy; or

3. A doula; provided, during delivery the doula services are

furnished by a certified doula without charge to the penal

institution, detention center or county jail. In such a case, the

inmate must make arrangements for the doula services and shall

notify the penal institution, detention center or county jail of

such request in advance.

F. It shall be unlawful for any correctional officer or county

detention officer to use restraints on a pregnant inmate as

prohibited by the provisions of subsection A or B of this section

and upon conviction such correctional officer or county detention

officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment

in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

G. As used in this section:

1. "Certified doula" means an individual who has received a

certification to perform doula services from a nationally recognized

childbirth education association; and

2. "Doula services" means continuous emotional and physical

support throughout labor and birth and intermittently during the

prenatal and postpartum periods.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-597 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-597
Duties of persons in charge of correctional institutions
Status: in_force

and judges, Department of Public Safety and Department of

Corrections – Notification – Rules – Coordination with surrounding

states.

A. Each person in charge of a correctional institution from

which a person subject to the provisions of the Mary Rippy Violent

Crime Offenders Registration Act is released and each judge who

defers or suspends the sentence of a person subject to the

provisions of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration

Act shall prior to discharge or release of the person:

1. Explain to the person the duty to register pursuant to the

Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act;

2. Require the person to sign a written statement that the duty

to register has been explained and the person understands the duty

to register;

3. Obtain the address at which the person is to reside upon

discharge or release; and

4. Forward the information to the Department of Corrections.

B. The Department of Public Safety shall issue written

notification of the registration requirements of the Mary Rippy

Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act to any person who enters

this state from another jurisdiction and makes an initial

application for a driver license to operate a motor vehicle in this

state, or for a state identification card.

C. The Department of Corrections shall coordinate with the

Administrative Office of the Courts in promulgating rules to

establish other necessary procedures for notifying offenders of the

obligation to register pursuant to the Mary Rippy Violent Crime

Offenders Registration Act and procedures for registration of those

offenders.

D. The Department of Corrections shall coordinate with

surrounding states to establish necessary procedures for notifying

offenders that reside in other states but work or attend school

within the State of Oklahoma of the obligation to register pursuant

to the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act and the

procedure for registration of those offenders.Safety and Department of Corrections – Notification – Rules – Coordination with surrounding

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-566.6 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-566.6
Claims in form of lien arising from prosecution,
Status: in_force

incarceration, or supervision of inmate.

A. Claims in the form of a lien from an inmate or from a former

inmate which arise from the prosecution, incarceration, or

supervision of the inmate shall not be accepted by any county clerk,

court clerk, county treasurer, or any official of this state having

the authority to accept and file liens against persons or property

in this state, unless the claim or lien is accompanied by a valid

order from a court of competent jurisdiction.

B. Any lien filed by an inmate or on behalf of an inmate which

arises from the prosecution, incarceration, or supervision of the

inmate shall be void upon the filing of an affidavit that the lien

arose out of an inmate claim or a claim on behalf of an inmate,

unless the claim or lien is accompanied by a valid order from a

court of competent jurisdiction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-528.4 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-528.4
On-the-job safety and performance programs - Awards
Status: in_force

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A. In order to establish a public employee benefit program to

encourage safety in the workplace, the Department of Corrections is

hereby directed to establish an on-the-job employee safety program

which encourages work unit safety and reduces lost productivity and

compensation costs. In order to promote job safety in work units

and provide recognition for work units with exceptional or improving

safety records, the Department of Corrections is authorized to

expend from monies available in the Department of Corrections

operating funds so much thereof as may be necessary for the purchase

of recognition awards for presentation to the members of work units

or individual employees with exceptional or improving safety records

or for other significant contributions to achievement of safety-

related goals. Recognition awards shall consist of distinctive

wearing apparel, service pins, or U.S. Savings Bonds, the value of

which shall not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per employee,

which recognize the safety achievement of the work unit or

individual employees.

B. In order to establish a public employee benefit program to

encourage outstanding performance in the workplace, the Department

of Corrections is hereby directed to establish an on-the-job

employee performance recognition program which encourages

outstanding job performance and productivity. In order to promote

excellence in job performance and provide recognition for work units

with exceptional performance, the Department of Corrections is

authorized to expend from monies available in the Department of

Corrections operating funds so much thereof as may be necessary for

the purchase of recognition awards for presentation to the members

of work units or individual employees with exceptional job

performance records or for other significant contributions to the

operation of the Department. Recognition awards shall consist of

distinctive wearing apparel, service pins, or U.S. Savings Bonds,

the value of which shall not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

per employee, which recognize the achievement of the work unit or

individual employees.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-530.4 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-530.4
Oklahoma Criminal Illegal Alien Rapid Repatriation Act
Status: in_force

of 2009.

A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Director of the

Department of Corrections may release a prisoner to the custody and

control of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

provided the Department has received an order of deportation for the

prisoner from the United States Citizenship and Immigration

Services, the prisoner has served at least one-third (1/3) of the

total amount of incarceration imposed by the court, and the prisoner

has not been convicted of an offense as provided in Section 13.1 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Director shall consider all

sentences being served when calculating the total amount of

incarceration, but shall not consider the suspended portion of any

sentence.

B. If a prisoner released pursuant to this section returns

illegally to the United States, upon notice from any federal or

state law enforcement agency that the prisoner is incarcerated, the

Director shall revoke the release of the prisoner and the prisoner

shall serve the remainder of the incarceration originally imposed by

the court. The prisoner shall not thereafter be eligible for parole

on any sentence affected by the release provided above.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-543 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-543
Work release centers - Establishment and operation
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections, if authorized by the Legislature,

may establish and operate work release centers or community

treatment centers, under appropriate statutory authority, and in

accordance with rules and regulations as promulgated by the Board of

Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-212 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-212
Requisition of service of prisoners - Direction to furnish
Status: in_force

prisoner personnel.

When there is a need therefor at any state eleemosynary

institution, maintenance services of prisoners may be requisitioned

by the governing body of such institution. Such requisition shall

be submitted to the Director of Corrections or the designee of the

Director and shall state the services desired and the number of

prisoners necessary therefor, and there shall be incorporated

therein or attached thereto a detailed statement showing

arrangements for quarters, subsistence, and security of the

prisoners. If the Director of Corrections or the designee of the

Director, after considering such requisition, finds that there is a

need for the services desired or any part thereof, the Director or

designee may thereupon direct the appropriate warden or

superintendent to furnish qualified prisoner personnel to perform

the services found to be needed at the institution for which the

requisition was made.