Oklahoma § 57-510.1 - Time away from correctional facility for committed

§ 57-510.1. Time away from correctional facility for committed

offender - Purposes.

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. Such authority may be granted for any of the

following purposes:

1. To attend the funeral of a relative;

2. To visit a critically ill relative;

3. To obtain medical, psychiatric, sociological or social

services in the community; or

4. To participate in public works projects.

B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, 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 granting the offender a pass authorizing the committed

offender to be away from the correctional facility, but within the

state, for any of the following purposes:

1. To contact prospective employers;

2. To secure a suitable residence for use upon release on

parole or discharge;

3. To participate in work, educational and training programs in

the community; or

4. For any other reasons consistent with the reintegration of a

committed offender into the community, if authorized by law.

C. Offenders whose controlling, concurrent, or consecutive

sentence is for a sex or incest related offense or drug trafficking

offense or who have a prior conviction for a sex or incest offense

or drug trafficking offense shall not be eligible for passes

authorized by subsection B of this section at minimum security

facilities. Offenders assigned to a community treatment center or a

community security facility whose controlling, concurrent, or

consecutive sentence is for a sex or incest related offense or drug

trafficking offense or who have a prior conviction for a sex or

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incest offense or drug trafficking offense shall not be eligible for

passes authorized by subsection B of this section until they are

within eleven (11) months of current release date or on a parole

stipulation for work release of one hundred eighty (180) days or

less, except that offenders with a conviction for forcible sodomy,

rape in the first degree, rape by instrumentation, or lewd or

indecent act with a child shall not be eligible for passes until

they are within six (6) months of current release date or in the

final ninety (90) days of a parole stipulation.

D. For the purpose of this section, "relative" means the

offender's father, mother, child, stepchild or adopted child,

brother, sister, current spouse, or grandparents, and upon

acceptable documentation, any person who served a parental capacity.

Any approved visit may be considered a cost of incarceration

reimbursable to the Department.

E. A person away from a correctional facility, pursuant to this

section, and who is classified in medium or higher security shall be

accompanied by an officer or other employee of the Department.

F. A committed offender is, during his absence, to be

considered as in the custody of the correctional facility and the

time of such absence is to be considered as part of the term of

sentence. Failure to return to the facility shall be deemed an

escape and subject to such penalty as provided by law.

G. Except as provided in subsection C of this section and

subject to the approval of the Department, the administrator of a

county or municipal jail or correctional facility may grant leave

authority to a committed offender in such jail or facility for the

purposes specified in subsections A or B of this section.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 197, § 1, emerg. eff. May. 12, 1980. Amended

by Laws 1985, c. 202, § 4, emerg. eff. June 28, 1985; Laws 1989, c.

149, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1989; Laws 1997, c. 357, § 9, emerg.

eff. June 9, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 43, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002 and Laws

2002, c. 465, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002.