§ 502. Definitions

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 57. Prisons and ReformatoriesEffective: [See Text Amendments] to October 31, 2023

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 8. Corrections Act of 1967 (Refs & Annos)
Effective: [See Text Amendments] to October 31, 2023
57 Okl.St.Ann. § 502
§ 502. Definitions
As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the State Board of Corrections;
2. “Department” means the Department of Corrections of this state;
3. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Corrections;
4. “Halfway house” means a private facility for the placement of inmates in a community setting for the purpose of reintegrating into the community inmates who are nearing their release dates. The term shall not include private prisons;
5. “Institutions” means the Oklahoma State Penitentiary located at McAlester, Oklahoma; the Oklahoma State Reformatory located at Granite, Oklahoma; the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center located at Lexington, Oklahoma; the Joseph Harp Correctional Center located at Lexington, Oklahoma; the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center located at McAlester, Oklahoma; the Howard C. McLeod Correctional Center located at Farris, Oklahoma; the Mack H. Alford Correctional Center located at Stringtown, Oklahoma; the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center located at Hodgen, Oklahoma; the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center located at McLoud, Oklahoma; the R.B. “Dick” Conner Correctional Center located at Hominy, Oklahoma; the James Crabtree Correctional Center located at Helena, Oklahoma; the Jess Dunn Correctional Center located at Taft, Oklahoma; the John Lilley Correctional Center located at Boley, Oklahoma; the William S. Key Correctional Center located at Fort Supply, Oklahoma; the Dr. Eddie Walter Warrior Correctional Center located at Taft, Oklahoma; the Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center located at Vinita, Oklahoma; the Clara Waters and Kate Barnard Community Corrections Centers located at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the Community Corrections Centers located at Lawton, Enid, Oklahoma City and Union City; the Charles E. “Bill” Johnson Correctional Center, located east of Alva, Oklahoma; the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center located at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma; and other facilities under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Corrections or hereafter established by the Department of Corrections;
6. “Intermediate revocation facility” means a corrections center operated by the Department of Corrections or a private facility or public trust operating pursuant to contract with the Department of Corrections which provides housing and intensive programmatic services for offenders who have violated the terms or conditions of probation as determined by a supervising probation officer. “Intensive programmatic services” offered by the Department of Corrections includes, but shall not be limited to, alcohol and substance abuse counseling and treatment, mental health counseling and treatment and domestic violence courses and treatment programs;
7. “Intermediate sanctions facility” means a community corrections center operated by the Department of Corrections or a private facility or public trust operating pursuant to contract with the Department of Corrections which provides for the housing and programmatic services of offenders such as probation or parole violators or community sentenced offenders placed in the facility for disciplinary sanctions, work release offenders, offenders who need intensive programmatic services, or offenders who have demonstrated positive adjustment while in an institutional setting who need additional programmatic services to enhance their reentry into society upon release from a prison term; and
8. “Private prison contractor” means:
a. a nongovernmental entity or public trust which, pursuant to a contract with the Department of Corrections, operates an institution within the Department other than a halfway house or intermediate sanctions facility, or provides for the housing, care, and control of inmates and performs other functions related to these responsibilities within a minimum, medium, or maximum security level facility not owned by the Department but operated by the contractor, or
b. a nongovernmental entity or public trust which, pursuant to a contract with the United States or another state, provides for the housing, care, and control of minimum or medium security inmates in the custody of the United States or another state, and performs other functions related to these responsibilities other than a halfway house or intermediate sanctions facility within a facility owned or operated by the contractor.

Credits

Laws 1967, c. 261, § 2, eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1973, c. 152, § 1, eff. May 14, 1973; Laws 1980, c. 210, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1982, c. 140, § 2, eff. April 9, 1982; Laws 1982, c. 346, § 9, eff. June 2, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 266, § 10, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 296, § 50, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 202, § 2, eff. June 28, 1985; Laws 1985, c. 327, § 16, eff. July 29, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 314, § 13, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 80, § 1, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 205, § 21, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 303, § 10, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 307, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 319, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 277, § 1; Laws 1995, c. 266, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1995; Laws 2002, c. 211, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 3, § 44, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 161, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 228, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2016, c. 259, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
57 Okl. St. Ann. § 502, OK ST T. 57 § 502
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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