Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 170 - Department of Corrections › Chapter 20 - Community Work Centers › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 170:20-1-3 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Base costs"
mean those costs actually agreed to
				  between the department and the public agency pursuant to this chapter.
"Board of Corrections"
means the seven-member
				  board appointed by the Governor which is responsible for governing the
				  Department of Corrections. The board's responsibilities include establishing
				  and reviewing the department's policies and operations.
"Community"
means any city, town, or county in
				  Oklahoma.
"Community work center"
means a Department of
				  Corrections community corrections level facility which houses no more than 150
				  inmates to perform public works projects.
"Consensus"
means an agreement reached when all
				  members of the group are willing to support the recommendations made because
				  the process used for making the recommendations was understandable and executed
				  fairly and consistently.
"Department"
means the Oklahoma Department of
				  Corrections, its facilities, divisions, and offices.
"Director"
means the director of the Oklahoma
				  Department of Corrections or designee.
"Fiscal year"
means the state of Oklahoma's
				  fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of every year.
"Inducements"
mean money, equipment, buildings,
				  services, etc., offered to supplement the site proposal.
"Net costs"
mean those costs for construction,
				  start-up, and yearly operating costs less inducements.
"Prisoner"
means any person who is under the
				  custody and control of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections who is not a
				  threat to public safety nor who has escaped or has attempted to escape from a
				  correctional institution or facility within the last ten years, as affirmed by
				  the department.
"Public agency"
means any state agency or
				  subdivision thereof, municipality, county, town, the United States or any
				  subdivision or agency thereof whose governing body or empowered authority has
				  requested in writing a public works project.
"Public purpose or benefit"
means a purpose or
				  benefit affecting the inhabitants or constituents of the public agency
				  utilizing the inmate labor, as a group, and not merely as individuals, and
				  whose work will be essentially public and for the general good of the
				  inhabitants or constituents of the public agency. The purpose of the work
				  performed will be to aid and assist the public agency in the exercise of a
				  governmental function including the eradication of graffiti on public buildings
				  as defined in 57 O.S., Section 222, B.1.
"Public works project"
means a project that has
				  been determined by the director or designee to be necessary for the public
				  well-being and conducive to rehabilitation of participating prisoners. Public
				  works projects will also mean any prisoner or inmate work release
				  program.
"Selection committee"
means the cross-functional
				  committee formed to oversee the selection process and make recommendations to
				  the director. The committee will include representation from the Board of
				  Corrections and departmental representatives to include the deputy director of
				  Community Corrections or designee and representatives from Finance and
				  Accounting, Information Technology, Institutions, and Treatment and
				  Rehabilitative Services division.
"Support costs"
mean indirect costs such as
				  transportation of inmates and goods to and from the facility, information
				  support costs, staff travel costs, etc., the Department of Corrections will
				  have to bear.
Added at 10 Ok Reg 2673,
				  eff 7-1-93; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3139, eff 7-1-94; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4453,
				  eff 7-21-94 through 7-14-95 (emergency); Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2709, eff
				  7-26-07