Oklahoma § 57-502 - Definitions

§ 57-502. 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 McLeod

Correctional Center located at Atoka, 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 Warrior Correctional Center located at Taft, Oklahoma; the

Northeast Oklahoma Community Corrections 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

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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.

Added by Laws 1967, c. 261, § 2, eff. May 8, 1967. Amended by Laws

1973, c. 152, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 1973; Laws 1980, c. 210, § 1,

eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1982, c. 140, § 2, emerg. eff. April 9,

1982; Laws 1982, c. 346, § 9, emerg. 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, emerg. eff. June 28,

1985; Laws 1985, c. 327, § 16, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985; Laws 1986,

c. 314, § 13, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 80, § 1,

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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; Laws 2023, c. 22, §

2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

NOTE: Laws 1991, c. 291, § 14 repealed by Laws 1992, c. 319, § 8,

emerg. eff. May 27, 1992. Laws 2002, c. 81, § 1 repealed by Laws

2003, c. 3, § 45, emerg. eff. March 19, 2003.