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57 OK Stat § 57-528.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-528.8. Hourly wage increase for Department personnel at certain facilities.

|A. On the effective date of this act, all personnel of the Department of Corrections pursuant to subsection C of this section, who are employed by the state on the last working day of June 2020, and whose assigned work location on the date is either North Fork Correctional Center, Oklahoma City Community Correctional Center, or a facility listed in Section 509 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be awarded an increase of up to Two Dollars ($2.00) per hour over their current hourly wage, or an equivalent amount if not receiving an hourly wage. |B. The two-dollar raise as provided for in subsection A of this section shall be reduced for personnel of the Department of Corrections by an amount proportional to the raise that was received pursuant to Enrolled House Bill No. 2771 of the 1st Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature.C. Personnel of the Department of Corrections that qualify pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section are:1. Accountant;2. Accounting Technician;3. Administrative Assistant;4. Administrative Programs Officer;5. Administrative Specialist;6. Administrative Technician;7. Alcohol and Drug Counselor;8. Business Manager;9. Business Process Analyst;10. Chaplain;11. Chief Dental Officer;12. Community Corrections Center Director;13. Correctional Activates Officer;14. Correctional Training Officer;15. Deputy Warden;16. Director of Classification/Population;17. Electrician;18. Executive Secretary;19. Facility Classification Manager;20. Fleet Specialist;21. Human Resources Management Specialist;22. Maintenance Technician;23. Mechanical Systems Technician;24. Offender Program Coordinator;25. Physical Plant Operator;26. Population Coordinator;27. Program Facilitator;28. Program Manager;29. Secretary;30. Substance Abuse Program Coordinator;31. Warden; and32. Wastewater Treatment Operator.Added by Laws 2020, c. 71, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020.
57 OK Stat § 57-529 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-529. Medical research program - Expenses.

|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. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 221, § 7, emerg. eff. May 24, 1973.
57 OK Stat § 57-530 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-530. Receiving center for new prisoners.

|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 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. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 285, § 10, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 13, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1978; Laws 1993, c. 276, § 8, emerg. eff. May 27, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 89, § 7, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2017, c. 388 § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
57 OK Stat § 57-530.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-530.2. Designating persons to receive personal property and remains of deceased inmate.

|Within three (3) days after entry into the custody of the Department of Corrections, every inmate shall complete a notarized form provided by the Department of Corrections designating the name and address of any person who is to receive the personal property of the inmate held by any state correctional facility if the inmate dies. Each inmate shall have the opportunity to change the designation if he or she desires. In the event of the death of an inmate, the Department of Corrections shall deliver all money and personal property found within any state correctional facility belonging to the inmate to any person designated pursuant to the provisions of this section. In the event the inmate’s designee declines to accept the inmate’s remains and the Department of Corrections pays for cremation, the costs of the cremation shall be deducted from any balance due to the inmate’s designee. |Added by Laws 1983, c. 149, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1983. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 81, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
57 OK Stat § 57-530.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-530.3. Aliens in custody of Department of Corrections - Identification - Assistance to the United States Department of Justice.

|It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections vigorously provide assistance to the United States Department of Justice: |1. For the identification of foreign-born nationals who are in the custody of the Department of Corrections;2. In conducting interviews of and processing foreign-born nationals or suspected foreign-born nationals who are in the custody of the Department of Corrections; and3. In conducting and completing the deportation process of inmates whom the United States Department of Justice determines to be aliens deportable from the United States. The Department of Corrections shall assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service in obtaining court certified copies of any records requested for use in official criminal or administrative proceedings.The Department of Corrections shall implement rules for the determination of the place of birth of all inmates in the custody of the Department. This determination shall be completed by January 1, 1997. Upon completion of this determination, the Department of Corrections shall report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives how many inmates in the custody of the Department are not citizens of the United States. The Department of Corrections shall submit updated reports to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis.The Department of Corrections shall also implement rules for the notification of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the identity of all inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections who are foreign-born nationals or that the Department of Corrections suspects are foreign-born nationals. The Department of Corrections shall convene a working group and include the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the formulation of rules for implementation of this section.Added by Laws 1996, c. 168, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996.
57 OK Stat § 57-530.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-530.4. Oklahoma Criminal Illegal Alien Rapid Repatriation Act 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.Added by Laws 2009, c. 455, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 2009.
57 OK Stat § 57-530.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-530.5. Inmate rehabilitation case plans.

|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;2. Programming or treatment requirements mandated by the sentencing order; and3. 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.Added by Laws 2017, c. 388, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
57 OK Stat § 57-531 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-531. Disposition of monies derived from inmate work release program - Transfer of funds in Work Release Centers Revolving Fund.

|Beginning July 1, 1983, all monies received by the Department for institutional care from wages earned by inmates while participating in the work release program shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund, and expenditures for operations of the work release centers may be made from said fund. On July 1, 1983, any cash remaining in the Work Release Centers 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 Work Release Centers Revolving Fund shall be transferred to the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 285, § 13, emerg. eff. May. 29, 1974. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 32, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1983, c. 266, § 13, operative July 1, 1983.
57 OK Stat § 57-533 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-533. Centralized food buying - Management of agricultural and livestock services.

|The Director of the Department of Corrections shall develop and promulgate a policy that will centralize, at the Department of Corrections, the procurement of all items of food supplies, other than fresh food local buys, for all institutions within the Department of Corrections. The Department shall manage all agricultural and livestock services so the maximum quantity and quality of fruit, vegetables, herbs, grasses, seeds, meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products are produced for institutional consumption with inmate or volunteer labor, which may include, but shall not be limited to, any type of work release labor, community or intermediate sanctions labor, jail labor or otherwise. Any excess food or product produced shall be sold at competitive prices to the public or private markets or sold or traded with other states or political subdivisions or state and local agencies for goods and services beneficial to the Department, this state, its political subdivisions, jails or any state or local agency of this state. The agricultural services division of the Oklahoma State University shall provide services to the Department for improved land utilization and product and livestock enhancements at least annually. The Department shall develop a detailed plan to implement the provisions of this section and shall submit the plan to the Legislature by January 15 of each year. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 325, § 4, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 294, § 7, eff. July 1, 2006.
57 OK Stat § 57-535 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-535. Filling of a designated grade in next lower grade.

|Where there is more than one grade within a specific occupational class, as authorized in Section 11 of this act, the Director of the Department of Corrections, each warden or each superintendent is authorized to fill a designated grade in the next lower authorized grade, provided the total number of employees in the specific occupational class does not exceed the total number of employees authorized for all grades of that specific occupational class. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 325, § 18, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.
57 OK Stat § 57-537.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-537.1. Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare 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 Canteen System Support Revolving Fund.Added by Laws 2008, c. 171, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 250.
57 OK Stat § 57-538 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-538. Vocational-technical education policies and programs.

|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 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.Added by Laws 1975, c. 325, § 21, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 42, eff. July 1, 2001.
57 OK Stat § 57-539 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-539. Administrative actions.

|The Director of the Department of Corrections shall: |1. Establish and implement a classification program that will insure the maximum utilization, by qualified inmates, of the vocational training facilities that exist within designated institutions;2. Establish a system of identifying the current vocational-technical job skills of inmates upon reception at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center and any other place of reception;3. Establish a system of assigning inmates with vocational-technical job skills in lieu of using outside contractors for internal projects or repairs; and4. Establish a system of internal periodic audits that will encompass all items of equipment, supplies, materials, livestock and poultry, purchased or produced, within the Department of Corrections and its institutions. Audits shall also include all continuing and special funds and special accounts.Added by Laws 1975, c. 325, § 22, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 92, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1998, c. 238, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 15, eff. July 1, 2010.
57 OK Stat § 57-539.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-539.1. Methods for selection of vocational or vocational-technical programs offered to inmates.

|The Department of Corrections, the State Department of Rehabilitation Services and the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall use the following priorities and methods of selection when implementing any program for persons in custody of the Department of Corrections: |1. The assistance of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education or a technology center school within the State of Oklahoma;2. The assistance of a private vocational or vocational-technical school within the State of Oklahoma;3. The assistance of a public university, college or junior college located within the State of Oklahoma;4. The assistance of a private university or college located within the State of Oklahoma;5. The assistance of a private firm located within the State of Oklahoma; and6. The assistance from any entity, public or private, located outside the State of Oklahoma.Added by Laws 1991, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1991. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 307, § 5, emerg. eff. June 4, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 364, § 17, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 43, eff. July 1, 2001.
57 OK Stat § 57-543 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-543. Work release centers - Establishment and operation.

|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. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 163, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 1976.
57 OK Stat § 57-543.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-543.1. Employment of inmates during strikes and labor disputes.

|Inmates employed through a work release program under the Division of Community Services of the Department of Corrections shall not report to work if a strike occurs at their place of employment. Inmates shall not be hired by any employer to replace any employee engaged in a strike or negotiation or arbitration involving a labor dispute. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 66, § 1, emerg. eff. April, 10, 1980.
57 OK Stat § 57-545 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-545. Employment of inmates - Claims against inmates.

|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.Added by Laws 1977, c. 119, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 111, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
57 OK Stat § 57-550 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-550. Designation of persons to act on behalf of Board of Corrections.

|In exercising the powers and duties granted to the Board of Corrections under this act, the Board is hereby authorized to designate such person or persons as it may deem necessary to perform those functions on its behalf. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 258, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1977.
57 OK Stat § 57-551 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-551. Transfer of personnel spaces and funds.

|The State Employment Review Board, by majority vote, is authorized to determine and approve the transfer of personnel spaces and associated salary limits, and the transfer of funds necessary to support such transferred personnel spaces, within the Department of Corrections and its various institutions as may be deemed essential to the proper functioning and management of these agencies. The transfer of funds accomplished by the Board shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 41.12 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 9, emerg. eff. June 21, 1977.