§57-563.1. Location of private prison facilities – Restrictions.
A. The location of any prison facility which is not operated by the Department of Corrections, a county, or a city: 1. Shall be subject to the nondiscriminatory zoning ordinances of the town or city in which located; and 2. Is specifically prohibited within one (1) mile of any public or private elementary or secondary […]
§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 […]
§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 […]
§57-537. Canteen System Board of Directors – Canteen system operations.
A. There shall be established a Canteen System Board of Directors for all canteen system services operated within the Department of Corrections. The members of the Canteen System Board shall be appointed by the Director of the Department of Corrections. All canteen system operations shall be under the control of the Canteen System Board and […]
§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 […]
§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 […]
§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 […]
§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 […]
§57-541. Industries Revolving Fund.
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury an Industries Revolving Fund for the Department of Corrections. B. The revolving fund shall consist of earnings derived from prison industries operated by the Department of Corrections and from that portion of the prisoner’s income apportioned and paid into the prison system to recover the cost […]
§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.