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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3301 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to prisons and reformato ries;
directing the Department of Corrections to provide
minimum ratio of correctional officer staffing 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
correctional officer staffing sufficient to ensure continuous
appropriate supervision of inmates at all facilities of the
Department according to the profile of each individual facility .
When establishing the correctional officer-to-inmate ratio, the
Department shall consider the follo wing:
1. Level of security at each facility;
2. Classification of inmates housed at each facility;
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3. Layout and configuration of each facility;
4. Perimeter or physical security of each facility;
5. The ability to effectively classify and separate categories
of inmates at each facility; and
6. Any other considerations that would require additional
correctional officer staffing at each facility.
B. Beginning November 1, 2022, the Department shall be required
to have a minimum ratio of one (1) correctional officer for every
five (5) inmates for each facility.
C. The Department shall publish on the homepage of its Internet
website a report listing each ratio of correctional officers to
inmates for every facility of the Department.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8587 GRS 01/13/22