Oklahoma § 22-988.7 - Local system plan

§ 22-988.7. Local system plan

A. A detailed plan for each local community sentencing system

seeking state funds shall be submitted each fiscal year to the

Community Sentencing Division within the Department of Corrections

pursuant to the rules promulgated for such purpose. The designated

judge of the planning council shall review the range of services

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proposed in the plan and declare in writing whether the proposed

services meet the needs of the court for purposes of sentencing

pursuant to the authority of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act.

The judge shall forward the plan to the Division for state review

and appropriate funding. A plan that conforms with the purposes and

goals of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act shall not be modified

or disapproved except when the plan requires more funding than is

available to the local system. Each local community sentencing

system plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following

goals:

1. Identification of existing resources, including cash,

professional services, in-kind resources, property, or other sources

of resources;

2. Identification of additional resources needed, identified by

type and amount;

3. Projected number of offenders to be served by each provider

and the projected total number of offenders to be served by the

local system;

4. Types and priority groups of offenders to be served for

purposes of budgeting and targeting specific use of selected service

providers;

5. Identification of sentencing practices used for disciplinary

sanctions for noncriminal conduct against participating offenders

and applicable costs;

6. Identification of local policy statements;

7. Methods for allocating resources to support the services

included in the plan;

8. Identification and evaluation of local record keeping and

needs for audits or reviews;

9. Identification of any special administrative structure of

the local system and list of specific service providers

participating in the system, including detailed qualifications of

staff and program administrators; and

10. Description and evaluation of the extent of community

participation and support for the local system.

B. A community sentencing system shall be operational when the

plan is accepted by the Community Sentencing Division or is

receiving funding. The Division, upon receipt of a proposed local

system plan for conformance with the purpose and goals of the

Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act, shall have not more than fortyfive (45) days to evaluate the plan and to notify the planning

council of any recommended modification. The Division shall notify

the chair of each local community sentencing system of its allocated

budget by June 15. Based on the funding allocation, the local

community sentencing system shall submit its budget to the Division

prior to finalizing provider service agreements for the fiscal year.

The Division shall not restrict by rule or practice the plan of any

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local system or determine what constitutes treatment or necessary

services if the treatment or services comply with the purposes and

goals of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act, unless there is a

demonstrated deficiency or poor program evaluation.

C. A local administrator as provided in Section 988.13 of this

title shall assist the local planning council in gathering and

keeping accurate information about the jurisdiction to support the

planning process. For the previous two (2) years, the information

pertaining to the jurisdiction may include, but not be limited to:

1. The number and rate of arrests, number of convictions,

admissions to probation, number of offenders sentenced to postimprisonment supervision, number of offenders sentenced to county

jail, average length of sentence served in county jail, number of

offenders sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections,

and average length of sentence served in the custody of the

Department of Corrections;

2. Current jail capacity, and jail population data by offendertype including, but not limited to, misdemeanor, felony, trusty,

post-trial detainee, pretrial detainee, disciplinary sanction or

juvenile;

3. A listing of services and programs available in the

community, including costs, space availability, the number of

offenders participating, the average length of participation and

performance-based data;

4. Range of community punishments previously used by the courts

for offenders within the jurisdiction, including methods and use of

disciplinary sanctions for noncriminal behavior of offenders

sentenced to community punishment and use of incentives;

5. A listing of educational, vocational-technical, health,

mental health, substance abuse treatment, medical, and social

services available to offenders or to be made available within a

twelve-month period;

6. Restrictive residential facilities or other restrictive

housing options available or to be made available within a twelvemonth period; and

7. Approved local system plans and budgets.

Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 4, § 7, eff. July 1, 1999.

Amended by Laws 2002, c. 165, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2023, c.

79, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.