Oklahoma Department of Corrections
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| Formed | May 8, 1967 |
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| Headquarters | 3400 Martin Luther King Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Employees | 4,341 classified 367 unclassified |
| Annual budget | $ 618 million |
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| Parent agency | Oklahoma State Board of Corrections |
| Website | Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
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, across the street from the headquarters of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.
The Department of Corrections is governed by the seven-member Board of Corrections. All members are appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma, with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate, to serve six-year terms. Each of Oklahoma's five Congressional districts is represented by at least one member on the Board, with the remaining two members being appointed from the State at-large. No more than four members of the Board may be from any one political party. The Board is responsible for setting the policies of the Department, approve the annual budget request, and for appointing the Director of Corrections. The Director, who serves at the pleasure of the Board, is the chief executive of the Department. The current Director of Corrections is Joe Allbaugh.
The Department of Corrections was established in 1967 during the term of Governor Henry Bellmon.
Prior to 1908, Oklahoma would send prisoners to the Kansas Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas. After a disputed report on the conditions in the Kansas Penitentiary, Oklahoma opened an institution in the former federal jail in McAlester.
On January 10, 1967, Oklahoma created a new state Corrections Department, consisting of a State Board of Corrections, State Director of Corrections, and three divisions: a Division of Institutions, a Division of Probation and Parole, and a Division of Inspection.
In 1976, the first Training Academy was established in Oklahoma City.
As of 2010, the Department of Corrections is responsible for the management, maintenance and security of 39 correctional institutes across the State.
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