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57 OK Stat § 57-509.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-509.1. Oklahoma Children's Center at Taft - Transfer to Department of Corrections.

|A. It is the finding of the Legislature that certain property currently under the control of the Department of Human Services could be better utilized if transferred to the Department of Corrections. |B. The Oklahoma Children's Center and the property related thereto, located at Taft, Oklahoma, is hereby transferred from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Corrections.C. All official records maintained by the Oklahoma Children's Center while said institution was under the supervision, management, operation, and control of the Department of Human Services shall be transferred to the Department of Human Services.D. The Department of Corrections shall establish a women's correctional institution on the property transferred pursuant to subsection B of this section.E. The Department of Corrections and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education shall establish inmate training programs for women on the property transferred pursuant to subsection B of this section.F. The Department of Corrections and Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education shall give first priority on employment at the Jess Dunn Correctional Center to those present employees of the Department of Human Services now working at the Oklahoma Children's Center. Written justification for hiring any employees necessary to staff positions needed for this transition, other than present employees of the Department of Human Services, must be filed with the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate for a period of one (1) year.G. All agreements involving the town of Taft entered into by the Department of Human Services relative to water or sewer facilities or otherwise shall be assumed by the Department of Corrections.H. The George Nigh Training Center (the Oklahoma Children's Center) physical facility shall not be altered until after March 15, 1989.Added by Laws 1986, c. 184, § 1, emerg. eff. May 20, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, 3rd Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 9, emerg. eff. Sept. 2, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 303, § 12, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 41, eff. July 1, 2001.
57 OK Stat § 57-509.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-509.2. Town of Taft - Patrols and law enforcement.

|A. In addition to their other security and oversight obligations, the Department of Corrections shall patrol the perimeters of the Jess Dunn Correctional Center and the George Nigh Training Center and also make patrols through the town of Taft. |B. Due to the unusual circumstance that the facilities named in Section 1 of this act are so closely situated to the town of Taft and for the further reason that said town is without any local law enforcement officer on an ongoing basis, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall establish a permanent trooper position to be based and stationed in the town of Taft.Added by Laws 1986, c. 184, § 2, emerg. eff. May 20, 1986.
57 OK Stat § 57-509.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-509.3. Western State Psychiatric Center at Fort Supply - Maintenance and management of certain buildings.

|If funding is provided by the Legislature for the transfer of a portion of the land and facilities at Western State Psychiatric Center at Fort Supply, Oklahoma, to the Department of Corrections, the Department of Corrections shall maintain the following buildings at the correctional institution at Fort Supply, Oklahoma, as historical sites: |1. Cottage #14N;2. Cottage #16;3. Museum;4. Cottage #12;5. Cottage #14S;6. Maintenance Storage Building #4;7. Maintenance Storage Building #5;8. Maintenance Storage Building #6; and9. The Green House.Management of these historical buildings shall be the responsibility of the Oklahoma Historical Society.Added by Laws 1988, c. 310, § 15, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 323, § 7, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.
57 OK Stat § 57-509.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-509.4. Special treatment program for inmates with severe 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. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 86, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 306, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
57 OK Stat § 57-509.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-509.5. Inmate work centers in Indian Country Land - Civil and 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. |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.Added by Laws 1989, c. 303, § 13, operative July 1, 1989.
57 OK Stat § 57-509.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-509.6. Special unit for elderly, disabled and sick inmates.

|The Department of Corrections is authorized, pursuant to the Board of Corrections resolution on May 22, 1998 and subject to legislative appropriation, to establish a special correctional unit expansion at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington, Oklahoma, designed solely for the imprisonment of elderly persons, physically disabled persons, persons in need of infirmary care, and persons in need of specialized care or treatment as an outpatient in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area in the custody of the Department. The Department shall consider the unique needs of the elderly offender and the physically disabled offender when designing the unit or renovating an existing unit for this purpose and when implementing any program or service for such persons. |Only the following offenders shall be eligible for placement in the facility:1. Persons age fifty-five (55) years or older who are deemed not suitable for placement in the general population of another facility;2. Persons who are physically disabled upon reception into the custody of the Department, or who become physically disabled during the term of their incarceration within the custody of the Department, and whose disability requires the continuous use of a wheelchair or other special equipment, or whose disability requires special assistance, services or accommodations which another facility is not designed or equipped to meet;3. Persons requiring an infirmary with twenty-four-hour nursing care; and4. Persons having appointments or other needs for medical services which are provided at Griffin Memorial Hospital, University Hospital or other medical facilities in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and that are coming from and returning to other Department correctional facilities.Added by Laws 1998, c. 418, § 66, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 285, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.5. Oklahoma Inmate Literacy Act - Short title.

|Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Inmate Literacy Act". |Added by Laws 1993, c. 125, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.6. Intent of Legislature - Educational opportunities for inmates.

|It is the intent of the Legislature to provide the opportunity for inmates in the Department of Corrections to receive a basic education and further to provide incentives for inmates to participate in education programs. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 125, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.7. High school equivalency development – Duties of Department of Corrections.

|A. The Department of Corrections shall establish a program to ensure that inmates have an opportunity to achieve at least a high school equivalency development level of proficiency in reading, writing and computation skills, to the extent resources are available. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections, except those inmates identified and documented, through the testing requirements provided in subsection B of this section, to be incapable of benefiting from education programs, and except those inmates who have already achieved a general educational development level of proficiency in reading, writing and computation skills. |B. The Department of Corrections, in fulfilling its duty to assess the educational and training needs of an inmate as part of the assessment and reception process required by Section 530.1 of this title, shall administer an examination to determine the educational proficiency level of the inmate, the existence of any learning disabilities, and any other factors relevant to determining if the inmate is capable of achieving the educational proficiency level established in subsection A of this section and if so, to determine the type of education programs necessary to bring the inmate to the high school equivalency development level of proficiency.Added by Laws 1993, c. 125, § 3, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 264, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2015, c. 360, § 5, eff. July 1, 2015.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.8. Priority of placement - Refusal to participate - Waiver of educational requirements.

|A. The Department of Corrections shall implement procedures to ensure that priority for placement of eligible inmates in education programs be given to inmates lacking basic literacy skills and to inmates closest to their projected release dates. |B. Any incarcerated inmate that refuses to participate in recommended education programs shall be ineligible for earned credits as provided in Section 138.1 of this title and shall jeopardize the eligibility of the inmate for parole or participation in the Preparole Conditional Supervision Program.C. Any eligible inmate who has not achieved the educational proficiency level established in Section 510.7 of this title, prior to the date of eligibility for parole or preparole conditional supervision, shall be required by the Pardon and Parole Board to participate in education programs approved by the Board to achieve the proficiency level or, at the discretion of the Board, to obtain a high school equivalency diploma as a condition of parole or preparole conditional supervision. If education programs are not available in the community where the inmate resides, or if the Board finds that the educational requirements would be a financial hardship on the inmate or that the inmate is not physically able to participate, the Board may waive the educational requirement set forth in this section.Added by Laws 1993, c. 125, § 4, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 264, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2015, c. 360, § 6, eff. July 1, 2015.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.8a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.8a. Pilot programs on phonetics and reading.

|The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish a pilot program at the Charles E. “Bill” Johnson Correctional Center, Alva, Oklahoma, and one or more pilot programs in other correctional facilities in this state on phonetics and reading using pre- and post-testing evaluations, subject to availability of funds. |Added by Laws 2003, c. 41, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.8b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.8b. Pilot diversion program.

|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; and2. 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; and6. 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.Added by Laws 2010, c. 320, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.8c (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.8c. Criminal Justice Pay for Success Revolving Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "Criminal Justice Pay for Success Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated to the Criminal Justice Pay for Success Revolving Fund and monies which may otherwise be available to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for use as provided for in this section. |B. All monies appropriated to the fund shall be budgeted and expended by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the purpose of funding contracts for those criminal justice programs that have outcomes associated with reducing public sector costs. Pursuant to contract, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide payment to social service providers for the delivery of predefined criminal justice outcomes. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall approve only those contracts that meet the following requirements:1. The social service provider can provide not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in capital to fund the delivery of services necessary to achieve the predefined criminal justice outcomes;2. The social service provider can provide verifiable evidence of successful completion rates of persons who participated in the diversion or reentry program offered by the service provider; and3. Persons participating in the diversion or reentry programs offered by the service provider are not under the custody or control of the Department of Corrections.C. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon verification by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services that successful completion of the diversion or reentry program was achieved by the participant pursuant to contract. 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.Added by Laws 2014, c. 198, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
57 OK Stat § 57-510.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510.10. Electronic monitoring of inmates.

|A. The Department of Corrections and the Pardon and Parole Board are hereby authorized to use electronic monitoring devices for any inmate sentenced for a crime, any person granted parole, or as disciplinary sanction as authorized by law. |B. The electronic monitoring of an inmate pursuant to this section shall be in addition to active supervision required by law. An inmate assigned to electronic monitoring shall be required to pay the Department of Corrections or the Pardon and Parole Board for all or part of any monitoring equipment or fee, supervision cost, or other costs while assigned to electronic monitoring. The Department of Corrections or the Pardon and Parole Board shall determine whether the person has the ability to pay all or part of such costs or fee.C. From and after the effective date of this act, any person in the custody of the Department of Corrections who is assigned to a community corrections center, community work center, or halfway house, and who has any current or previous convictions for a crime which would require the person to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act, shall be assigned to a global position monitoring system for the duration of the registration period. Any offender paroled who is subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act shall be assigned to global position monitoring.D. As used in this section, "electronic monitoring" means monitoring of an inmate within a specified location or locations by means of a global positioning device approved by the Department of Corrections or the Pardon and Parole Board with active supervision by correctional officers, employees of the Department of Corrections, or probation and parole officers of the Pardon and Parole Board. A global position monitoring system must utilize a backup data storage collection system.E. The Department of Corrections and the Pardon and Parole Board shall promulgate and adopt rules and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 1993, c. 276, § 15, emerg. eff. May 27, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 31, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 15, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 242, § 2, emerg. eff. May 5, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 188, § 3, emerg. eff. May 17, 2005; Laws 2015, c. 312, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 510.6 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.
57 OK Stat § 57-510A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-510A. Department of Corrections Offender Management System Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Corrections to be designated the "Department of Corrections Offender Management System Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed 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 of Corrections for the purpose of implementing and administering an offender management system. 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. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 534, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 2021.
57 OK Stat § 57-512 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-512. Supervision of inmates paroled from state institutions - Conditions for release - Violations.

|Any inmate in a state penal institution who has been granted a parole shall be released from the institution upon the following conditions: |1. That he comply with specified requirements of the Division of Community Services of the Department of Corrections under the active supervision of a Probation and Parole Officer. Such active supervision shall be for a period not to exceed three (3) years, except as provided in paragraph 2 of this section.2. That he be actively supervised by a Probation and Parole Officer for an extended period not to exceed the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced if convicted of a sex offense or upon the determination by the Division of Community Services that the best interests of the public and the parolee will be served by such an extended period of supervision.Provided, for the purposes of this section, the term "sex offense" shall not include a violation of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 1021 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.The Probation and Parole Officer, upon information sufficient to give him reasonable grounds to believe that the parolee has violated the terms of and conditions of his parole, shall notify the Deputy Director of the Division of Community Services in accordance with Section 516 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1967, c. 261, § 12, operative July 1, 1967. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 236, § 1; Laws 1993, c. 166, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
57 OK Stat § 57-513 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-513. Discharged prisoners - Clothing, transportation and funds.

|A. When any prisoner shall be discharged from the institution, the warden or superintendent shall furnish the prisoner with proper and necessary clothing and a railroad or bus ticket to the home community of the prisoner within the State of Oklahoma, if it is not in the county in which the institution is located; and if the home community of the prisoner is outside the State of Oklahoma, the warden or superintendent may furnish the necessary tickets to the home community of the prisoner or the county in which the sentence was imposed; and if the inmate trust account of the prisoner does not have at least a credit balance of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), the warden, superintendent or Chief Financial Officer may furnish such additional sum from the petty cash fund as will afford the prisoner Fifty Dollars ($50.00). |B. Funds necessary to provide said clothing, transportation and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) allowed in subsection A of this section shall be drawn from a petty cash fund established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 513.1 of this title.Added by Laws 1967, c. 261, § 13, operative July 1, 1967. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 285, § 16, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974; Laws 2008, c. 171, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.