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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC or ODOC) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison system . It has its headquarters in Oklahoma City , [ 2 ] across the street from the headquarters of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety .
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [ 1 ] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates.
Oklahoma has a high incarceration rate, but a relatively low rate of return offenders, which some say is due to more job skill training in prison A second chance: How Oklahoma prison programs help ...
Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center (inmate capacity 680) John Lilley Correctional Center (inmate capacity 820) Joseph Harp Correctional Center; Lexington Assessment and Reception Center; Mabel Bassett Correctional Center; Mack Alford Correctional Center; North Fork Correctional Facility (formerly managed by CoreCivic) Northeast Oklahoma ...
Incarceration in Oklahoma includes state prisons and county and city jails. Oklahoma has the second highest state incarceration rate in the United States. [1] Oklahoma is the second in women's incarceration in the United States. [citation needed] After becoming a state in 1907, the first prisons were opened and reform began. [non sequitur]
According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma has 45% fewer correctional officers now than it did six years ago, and the inmate population decreased 20% during that time.
Charles E. Johnson Correctional Center (also known as the Bill Johnson Correctional Center, or BJCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma. [3] BJCC is the newest of the Oklahoma DOC's 17 institutions, opened in 1995, and expanded in 2011–2012. [4]
The Oklahoma State Reformatory is a medium-security facility with some maximum and minimum-security housing for adult male inmates. Located off of State Highway 9 in Granite, Oklahoma, the 10-acre (4.0 ha) facility has a maximum capacity of 1042 inmates. The medium-security area accommodates 799 prisoners, minimum-security area houses roughly ...