Oklahoma § 57-510.8 - Priority of placement - Refusal to participate - Waiver

§ 57-510.8. Priority of placement - Refusal to participate - Waiver

of educational requirements.

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 refuses to participate in

recommended education programs shall be ineligible for earned

credits as provided in Section 138.1 of this title and shall

jeopardize the eligibility of the inmate for parole or participation

in the Preparole Conditional Supervision Program.

C. Any eligible inmate who has not achieved the educational

proficiency level established in Section 510.7 of this title, prior

to the date of eligibility for parole or preparole conditional

supervision, shall be required by the Pardon and Parole Board to

participate in education programs approved by the Board to achieve

the proficiency level or, at the discretion of the Board, to obtain

a high school equivalency diploma as a condition of parole or

preparole conditional supervision. If education programs are not

available in the community where the inmate resides, or if the Board

finds that the educational requirements would be a financial

hardship on the inmate or that the inmate is not physically able to

participate, the Board may waive the educational requirement set

forth in this section.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 125, § 4, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993.

Amended by Laws 2009, c. 264, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2015, c.

360, § 6, eff. July 1, 2015.

§57-510.8a. Pilot programs on phonetics and reading.

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 evaluations, subject to availability of funds.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 41, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories

§57-510.8b. Pilot diversion program.

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 that shall consist of private donations and

state funds. The purpose of the pilot programs shall be to provide

diversion programs to reduce the high rate of incarceration for

nonviolent offenders who are also the primary caregiver of minor

children and to provide reentry services for inmates with minor

children that both employ evidence-based practices and techniques.

B. The pilot diversion program may consist of, but shall not be

limited to, the following:

1. Identify the population of nonviolent offenders that are

also the primary caregiver of minor children who have been charged

with a criminal offense and are at risk of being incarcerated for

such offense; and

2. Develop a community-based diversion program that provides

comprehensive and gender-specific services to offenders who are also

the primary caregiver of minor children.

C. The pilot reentry program may consist of, but shall not be

limited to, the following:

1. Identify the population of nonviolent inmates that have been

sentenced to a term of incarceration under the custody of the

Department of Corrections who, prior to incarceration, were the

primary caregiver of minor children;

2. Develop a comprehensive, gender-specific reentry plan for

inmates who upon release from custody will be the primary caregiver

of minor children;

3. Modify existing reentry programs and services to better

address the needs of inmates who upon release from custody will be

the primary caregiver of minor children;

4. Develop new reentry programs and services that focus on

parenting and life skills, family supports and employment skills;

5. Develop or modify existing substance abuse treatment and

rehabilitation programs offered to inmates who upon release from

custody of the Department of Corrections will be the primary

caregiver of minor children; and

6. Develop partnerships within communities to assist in

providing support services and employment opportunities to inmates

who will be the primary caregiver of minor children after the inmate

has been discharged from the custody of the Department of

Corrections.

D. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules

necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 2010, c. 320, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.

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§57-510.8c. Criminal Justice Pay for Success Revolving Fund.

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 consist of all monies appropriated to the

Criminal Justice Pay for Success Revolving Fund and monies which may

otherwise be available to the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for use as provided for in this section.

B. All monies appropriated to the fund shall be budgeted and

expended by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the

purpose of funding contracts for those criminal justice programs

that have outcomes associated with reducing public sector costs.

Pursuant to contract, the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall provide payment to social service providers for the

delivery of predefined criminal justice outcomes. The Office of

Management and Enterprise Services shall approve only those

contracts that meet the following requirements:

1. The social service provider can provide not less than Two

Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in capital to fund the delivery of

services necessary to achieve the predefined criminal justice

outcomes;

2. The social service provider can provide verifiable evidence

of successful completion rates of persons who participated in the

diversion or reentry program offered by the service provider; and

3. Persons participating in the diversion or reentry programs

offered by the service provider are not under the custody or control

of the Department of Corrections.

C. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon verification

by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services that successful

completion of the diversion or reentry program was achieved by the

participant pursuant to contract. Expenditures from the fund shall

be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

Added by Laws 2014, c. 198, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.