The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC or ODOC) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison system. It has its headquarters in

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, across the street from the headquarters of the

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. The Board of Corrections are appointees: five members are appointed by the Governor; two members are appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and two members are appointed by the Speaker of the house of Representatives. The board is responsible for setting the policies of the Department, approving the annual budget request, and working with the Director of Corrections on material matters of the agency. T. Hastings Siegfried is the current chairman of the board. The director, who serves at the pleasure of the governor, is the chief executive of the department. The current director of Corrections is Scott Crow, who was appointed after Director Joe Allbaugh resigned his post on June 13, 2019. Crow was confirmed by the Oklahoma State Senate as director in May 2020.

History

Prior to 1908, Oklahoma sent prisoners to the Kansas Penitentiary in

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. After a disputed report on the conditions in the Kansas Penitentiary, Oklahoma opened an institution in the former federal jail in McAlester. On January 10, 1967, Oklahoma created a new state Corrections Department, consisting of a State Board of Corrections, State Director of Corrections, and three divisions: a Division of Institutions, a Division of Probation and Parole, and a Division of Inspection. In 1973, a three-day riot resulted in the destruction of most of the McAlester facility and the death of three inmates. In 1976, the first training academy was established in

. On 29 August 1983, the

Dick Conner Correctional Center Dick Conner Correctional Center is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for men located north of the town of Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma. The medium-security facility opened in 1979 with an original design capacity of 400, and i ...

was hit by a riot that resulted in an inmate death. On 17 December 1985 another riot occurred, this time at the McAlester prison. Five members of staff were taken hostage and three were seriously injured. On 4 November 2019, the state released more than four hundred inmates who had been convicted of nonviolent crimes. The commutations were expected to save the state over twelve million dollars.

Facilities

As of 2021, the Department of Corrections is responsible for the management, maintenance and security of 23 correctional institutions across the state. Of these facilities, only eight were built originally to serve as prisons. The

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is located at the

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State prisons

Charles E. Johnson Correctional Center Charles E. Johnson Correctional Center (also known as the Bill Johnson Correctional Center, or BJCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Alva, Oklahoma, Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma. BJCC is the newest of the ...

(inmate capacity 600) *

(inmate capacity 1210) * Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center (inmate capacity 999) * Howard McLeod Correctional Center (inmate capacity 691) * Jackie Brannon Correctional Center (inmate capacity 737) *

James Crabtree Correctional Center James Crabtree Correctional Center is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Helena, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, with a capacity of 800 medium-security inmates and 200 minimum-security inmates. The grounds were first e ...

(inmate capacity 1175) * Jess Dunn Correctional Center (inmate capacity 1129) * Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center (inmate capacity 730) * John H. Lilley Correctional Center (inmate capacity 836) *

Joseph Harp Correctional Center Joseph Harp Correctional Center (JHCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for male inmates located in Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The medium-security facility opened in September 1978 and with a capacity of 1045 inmat ...

(inmate capacity 1345) *

Lexington Assessment and Reception Center Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC) is a maximum-security state prison for men located in Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, owned and operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The LARC complex also hosts the medium-secu ...

(inmate capacity 1462) *

Mabel Bassett Correctional Center The Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, near McLoud. The facility houses 1241 inmates, most of whom are held at medium securi ...

(inmate capacity 1415) *

Mack Alford Correctional Center Mack H. Alford Correctional Center (MACC, originally the Stringtown Correctional Center) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison in unincorporated Atoka County, Oklahoma, near Stringtown. The medium security prison, which opened in 1973 ...

(inmate capacity 805) * North Fork Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 2589)(formerly managed by

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) *

(inmate capacity 838) *

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(inmate capacity 1042) *

William S. Key Correctional Center William S. Key Correctional Center is a minimum-security state prison for men located in Fort Supply, Woodward County, Oklahoma, owned and operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The facility was opened in 1989 and has a capacity ...

(inmate capacity 1087)

Community Corrections Centers

* Clara Waters Community Corrections Center (inmate capacity 304) * Enid Community Corrections Center (inmate capacity 98) * Lawton Community Corrections Center (inmate capacity 153) * Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center (inmate capacity 585) * Oklahoma City Community Corrections Center (inmate capacity 262) * Union City Community Corrections Center (inmate capacity 224)

Private Prisons

* Davis Correctional Center operated by CoreCivic * Lawton Correctional Facility operated by

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Halfway Houses

* Oklahoma City Transitional Center operated by CoreCivic * Bridgeway, Inc.

Organization

Leadership

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Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.
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Kevin Stitt, Chip Keating is serving as the secretary. The Director of the agency is Scott Crow and was appointed on June 13, 2019, after the resignation of Joe Allbaugh. Crow was confirmed by the Oklahoma State Senate on May 12, 2020. The Department of Corrections is governed by the Board of Corrections. The board consists of five members appointed by the Governor, two members each appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. Each board member is assigned to one or more of the following committees: Executive, Audit/Finance, Public Policy/Affairs/Criminal Justice, or Population/Security/Private Prisons.

Internal structure

The internal structure of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is as follows: *

* Cabinet Secretary of Public Safety ** Director *** Chief of Staff *** Chief of Operations **** Division of Institutions **** Community Corrections and Contract Services ***** Probation & Parole *** Chief of Strategic Engagement **** Communications **** Programs **** Classification & Population *** Chief Financial Officer *** Health Services *** General Counsel *** Inspector General

Divisions

The Department of Corrections is governed by the nine-member Board of Corrections, responsible for establishing and reviewing policies, and confirming the appointment of wardens. The director is appointed by the governor of Oklahoma. As the head of the Department of Corrections, the director supervises, directs, and controls the department. * Administrative Services Division - responsible for all financial, budgeting, personnel, purchasing, information technology and administrative management needs of the Department * Inspector General Division - responsible for conducting and monitoring all international criminal investigations of inmates and Department employees, including fugitive apprehension * Health and Offender Services Division - responsible for offender programs, offender medical services, offender mental health, offender education, and Departmental staff training * Community Corrections and Contract Services Division - responsible for the operation of community corrections centers, statewide probation and parole operations, and monitoring private prisons * Community Sentencing - responsible for the Community Service Sentencing Program and thirty-six statewide planning councils * Division of Institutions ** Facilities - responsible for seventeen prisons across the state which house male and female prisoners

Hiring

Oklahoma state and United States federal law both place limitations on who can be employed as a correctional officer with the Department. They include any of the following: * No person who is a registered sex offender * No person who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, unless they have received a full pardon for such crime * No person who has been convicted of any form of felony, unless they have received a full pardon for such felony * No person who has been convicted of any form of domestic violence, unless they have received a full pardon for such crime * No person who has been dishonorably discharged from any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States

Budget

The Department of Corrections has annual budget over $500 million. That budget is derived primarily from yearly appropriations, Departmental fees and funds generated by the Prison Industries activities.FY 2014 State Budget

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For Fiscal Year 2014, 88% of the Department's budget comes from yearly appropriations, 6% from the Prison Industries Fund, 4% from the Department's Revolving Fund, and 3% from all other sources. In late 2017, the department requested more than 1.5 billion dollars, triple its usual budget to make long-delayed improvements.

Fallen Employees

Since the establishment of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, 22 employees have died in the line of duty.

References

External links

Oklahoma Department of Corrections website
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