The administrator is responsible for the design and implementation of leadership development, by assisting participants in understanding their own management and leadership styles and how to better work with the different styles of their staff and co-workers. An Executive Leadership Program is being developed for upper management to assist in preparation for CEO level positions in state government. The administrator of Training is responsible for ensuring that the Gene Stipe Correctional Training Academy and the Employee Training and Development Center provide accurate, current, and innovative training opportunities in a professional environment. Additionally, the administrator is responsible for the training services coordinated through the training compliance specialist and management development specialist. The regional director for the Eastern Region is responsible to the associate director for the operation of 9 prisons, including the Oklahoma State Penitentiary .
Executions take place at the penitentiary, which houses male death row prisoners.
The regional office is located in McAlester. The regional director for the West Central Region is responsible to the Associate Director for the operation of 8 prisons and 2 hospital units. The Lexington Assessment and Reception Center is within this region and is host to the department's classification unit and the reception center for receiving offenders from the county jails.