Oklahoma § 22-988.15 - Duties of state agency

§ 22-988.15. Duties of state agency

The Community Sentencing Division within the Department of

Corrections shall have the duty to:

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1. Administer a statewide community sentencing system pursuant

to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act and other

provisions of law;

2. Establish goals and standards for the statewide community

sentencing system and the local community sentencing systems;

3. Promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures

Act for the implementation and operation of the Oklahoma Community

Sentencing Act;

4. Provide technical assistance and administrative support to

each local community sentencing system. The technical assistance

shall include, but not be limited to, information on:

a.

corrections system design,

b.

administration,

c.

development, monitoring, and evaluating of programs

and services,

d.

program identification and specifications,

e.

offender risk management,

f.

supervision of offenders,

g.

planning and budgeting,

h.

grant applications, and

i.

preparation and submission of documents, data,

budgets, and system plans;

5. Coordinate and collaborate with other state agencies for

services and technical assistance to each local community sentencing

system;

6. Apply for and accept money and other assets to be utilized

for support of a statewide community sentencing system and to

allocate and disburse appropriated funds to local community

sentencing systems through an appropriate funding method;

7. Review, analyze and fund local system plans within budgetary

limitations;

8. Contract with local service providers and state agencies for

services to the local system;

9. Identify and solicit other funding sources and resources to

support the statewide community sentencing system;

10. Request post-audits of state funds;

11. Monitor and coordinate local systems;

12. Provide performance-based evaluations for all service

providers of the statewide system;

13. Report annually by January 15 to the Legislature and

Governor on the statewide system. The report shall provide an

evaluation of the effectiveness of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing

Act in terms of public safety, appropriate range of community

punishments, cost-effectiveness, performance-based effectiveness in

reducing recidivism, utilization by the judiciary, resource

allocation, reduced state and local institutional receptions, if

any, and statistical data, including, but not limited to, community

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sentencing participation by county, total number of qualifying and

nonqualifying community sentences per month for each local community

sentencing system, total number of community sentences ordered per

month, program participation and the annual average cost per

offender. A copy of the report shall also be submitted to the

Oklahoma Statistical Analysis Center, a unit of the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation, which shall publish the annual report on

the website of the Bureau; and

14. Disseminate information to local administrators and

community sentencing systems concerning corrections issues

including, but not limited to:

a.

punishment options,

b.

disciplinary sanctions,

c.

resource allocation,

d.

administration,

e.

legal issues,

f.

supervision and risk management,

g.

treatment methodology and services,

h.

education and vocational services,

i.

service and program monitoring and evaluation methods,

j.

grants and funding assistance,

k.

data and record keeping, and

l.

offender characteristics.

Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 4, § 15, eff. July 1, 1999.

Amended by Laws 2021, c. 214, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2023, c.

14, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.