Title 57, Prisons and Reformatories

The Director, subject to the approval of the Board, is hereby authorized to create divisions within the Department of Corrections as he may deem appropriate to effectively manage the Department. The divisions shall be under the immediate supervision and control of the Director. T…

There is hereby created within the Department of Corrections a Legal Division. The Director may employ or contract with attorneys as needed and determine their salaries. These attorneys may advise the Director, the Board of Corrections, administrative supervisors of facilities an…

A. There is hereby created the Construction Division within the Department of Corrections. The purpose of the division shall be to provide inmate construction crews for construction projects of the Department of Corrections. B. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall …

A. There is hereby created the Investigations Division within the Department of Corrections. The purpose of the Division shall be to investigate allegations of criminal acts by inmates, offenders or employees of the Department, as well as to investigate allegations of constitutio…

A. The Department of Corrections is authorized to maintain the following facilities in this state: 1. Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester; 2. Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite; 3. Lexington Assessment and Reception Center in Lexington; 4. Jackie Brannon Correctional Cent…

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 T…

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 …

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 correctio…

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…

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 o…

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…

A. For purposes of this section: 1. “Changing room” means a room or area in which a person may be in a state of undress while in the presence of others, including a locker room or shower room; 2. “Covered entity” means an institution or facility operated by the Department of Corr…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Corrections to be designated the "Prison Acquisition Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated for d…

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners, at the expense of their county, to provide suitable means for warming the county jail and its cells or apartments, beds and bedding, and such other permanent fixtures and to make such repairs as may be prescribed by the district j…

Any person who has the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease who is confined in the county jail in violation of Section 1192.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whether convicted or pending trial, may be transferred to the Department of Corrections for extended m…

A. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall have the following specific powers and duties relating to the penal institutions: 1. To appoint, subject to the approval of the State Board of Corrections, a warden for each penal institution; 2. To fix the duties of the ward…

A. The Department of Corrections may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a committed offender at any of the state correctional facilities by authorizing such committed offender under special conditions to be away from such correctional facility but within the state. …

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…

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.

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…

A. Persons certified to teach in this state and meeting all minimum qualifications set by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, who are hired or employed as correctional teachers or vocational instructors by the Department of Corrections educational program, shall rec…

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 o…

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 r…

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…

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…

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 co…

A. There is hereby created the Electronic Monitoring Program for inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections who are sentenced for a nonviolent offense not included as a violent offense defined in Section 571 of this title. The Department is authorized to use an elect…

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 cons…

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 superv…

A. Every offender released to parole supervision may be eligible to earn credits for compliance with the terms and conditions of parole supervision that reduce the term of supervision. For every calendar month of compliance with the terms and conditions of parole supervision, the…

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…

To satisfy the requirements of subsections A and B of Section 513 of this title, and to timely acquire goods and services that cannot be secured through normal purchasing and invoice processes, there is hereby created a petty cash fund within the Department of Corrections. The Di…

The Department of Corrections shall notify the district attorney or requesting law enforcement agency of the sentencing county whenever an inmate completes his sentence or is otherwise discharged from the custody of the Department, except those discharged under the procedures and…

Neither the Pardon and Parole Board, District Attorney's office, Department of Corrections, nor their members, agents, servants or employees shall be liable for any civil claim of damages, alleged to have arisen from a failure to give any notice under this act, nor from a disclos…

See the following versions: OS 57-513.3v1 (HB 2364, Laws 2025, c. 96, § 1) OS 57-513.3v2 (SB 216, Laws 2025, c. 137, § 3) §57-513.3v1. Assistance to inmates for obtaining state-issued identification cards and employment-related documents. A. When any inmate shall be discharged fr…

A. When any inmate shall be discharged from an institution of the Department of Corrections and the intended residence designated by the inmate is within this state, the Department of Corrections shall provide the inmate with relevant documentation to assist the inmate in obtaini…

A. When any inmate shall be discharged from an institution of the Department of Corrections and the intended residence designated by the inmate is within this state, the Department of Corrections shall provide the inmate with relevant documentation to assist the inmate in obtaini…

All probation-parole officers shall be deemed peace officers and shall possess the powers granted by law to peace officers. Probation-parole officers shall meet all of the training and qualifications for peace officers required by Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes…

A. Felony probation supervision, whether conducted by the Department of Corrections, a district attorney or private supervision provider shall incorporate all minimum supervision standards provided for in subsection B of this section. B. Upon receiving an offender on probation su…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the probation and parole officer shall, upon information sufficient to give the officer reasonable grounds to believe that the parolee has violated the terms of and conditions of parole, notify the Department of Corrections. …

A. A Probation and Parole Officer, upon information sufficient to give the officer reasonable grounds to believe that a probationer has been charged with or found guilty of committing a felony or misdemeanor offense, or has escaped from custody as provided in Section 443 of Title…

It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county to provide bed clothing, washing, board, and medical care when required, and all necessities for the comfort and welfare of prisoners as specified by the standards promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act and the s…

A. Whenever a person is convicted of a felony and is sentenced to imprisonment that is not to be served in a county jail, the person shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections and shall be classified and assigned to a correctional facility or program desig…

A. The Reentry Policy Council shall be re-created, and shall continue until July 1, 2023, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, for the purpose of providing oversight of the reentry policies and programs operated by the Department of Corrections. The Council shal…

A. There is hereby created until July 1, 2010, the "Transformational Justice Interagency Task Force". The Transformational Justice Interagency Task Force shall be composed of the following members: 1. The Director of the Department of Corrections, or a designee; 2. The Executive …

On and after October 1, 1982, the Board of Corrections shall provide offices and residences for the wardens at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and the Oklahoma State Reformatory and shall furnish and maintain them but shall not provide allowance for actual subsistence expenses fo…

The Director of the Department of Corrections shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of employees necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon the Department of Corrections by law. The State Board of Corrections shall appoint the Director of the Department of Correct…

A. Whenever employees of the Department of Corrections are injured in the line of duty and have used all their sick leave, the Director of the Department of Corrections shall determine if the injured employee was actually injured in the line of duty and whether the injured employ…

Workers' compensation and sick leave may not be drawn simultaneously. Added by Laws 1982, c. 51, § 2, operative July 1, 1982.

A. The Department of Corrections is authorized to repair or replace an employee's personal property if said personal property is damaged, destroyed or stolen by an offender while the employee is engaged in the performance of his duties. Any personal property repaired or replaced …