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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3289 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to prisons and reformato ries;
directing the Department of Corrections to provide
minimum ratio of administrative staff at facilities;
providing consideration s when determining ratios;
directing the Department to post ratios on the
homepage of its website; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 528.9 of Title 57, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Corrections shall provide minimum
administrative staff sufficient to ensure continuous and appropriate
supervision of all correctional officers at all facilities of the
Department according to the profile of each individual facility .
When establishing the administrative staff to correctional officer
ratio, the Department shall consider the follo wing:
1. Levels of security and classifications of inmates at each
facility;
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2. The number of correcti onal officers assigned to each
facility; and
3. Any other considerations that would require additional
administrative staff at each facility.
B. Beginning November 1, 2022, the Department shall be required
to have a minimum ratio of one administrative staff employee to
every twenty correctional officers for each facility.
C. The Department shall publish on the homepage of its Internet
website a report listing each ratio of administrative staff to
correctional officers for every facility of the Department.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8588 GRS 01/10/22