Private Prisons with Oklahoma Inmates
Private Prisons without Oklahoma Inmates
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
Title 57, Section 502 Definition.
Title
57, Section 561-563
of Oklahoma State Statutes authorizes the Board of Corrections to contract with
private prison contractors and public trusts for the operation of a prison.
Title
74, Section 1001 et seg.
allows the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to contract with county jails for
the housing of inmates.
Title 57 O.S. 1991 §561 permits
the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to contract with community based facilities
for housing community corrections inmates.
Oklahoma Administrative Code (Secretary of State website)
OAC for Department of Corrections
private prison guidelines.
PROCUREMENT
Authority
to Provide Incarceration, Supervision, and Residential Treatment at Facilities
not Operated by Department of Corrections - Private Prison Contractors - Comprehensive
File for All Private Prison Contractors
It is the
responsibility of the Private Prison Administration unit to actively seek out
additional bed space, through one or more of the statutorily authorized
processes, when it is anticipated the Department of Corrections facilities will
exceed maximum capacity.
PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
Development of Criteria for Selection of Site and Process for Requesting Proposals
to Construct Correctional Facility;
Process
for Requesting Proposals from Contractors - Additional Terms and Conditions;
Private
Prison Facilities - Location.
Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) are
developed and issued to solicit bids from private companies and non-governmental
entities for additional prison space. The bids are requested, received,
evaluated, and recommended to the Director, Chief of Administrative Operations,
and finally to the Board of Corrections.
CONTRACT
DEVELOPMENT
The administrator and unit staff, in consultation with DOC Legal Services, in
develop contracts with entities for contract bed space. The process includes
preparation of the contract draft, negotiation and finalization of the
contracts, to be approved by the Board of Corrections, Department of Central
Services, Attorney General and finally filed with the Secretary of State.
CONTRACT
MONITORING
Requirements
of Private Prison Contractors Housing Federal Inmates or Inmates of Another State;
Contracting
with Private Prison Contractors.
The primary role of the contract monitor is to observe the day to day operations
of the facility to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and ACA
standards. In carrying out this role, the contract monitor is expected to review
the policy, procedure and practice of the facility. Each contract monitor will observe and ensure that the private prison facility
is providing all applicable services and programs required by law or by the
standards of the American Correctional Association Commission on Accreditation.
The services include, but are not limited to security, housing, meals,
employment, programs, recreation, medical services, legal services, and
visitation. All contract monitors frequently inspect contracted facilities to
monitor operations and visit with staff and inmates. During these frequent
inspections, the contract monitor conducts on-site reviews of local records,
files, and other documents; personally observes work activities of local staff
to determine quality and quantity of work performed, and analyzes and evaluates
administration, security, programs and operations on an on-going basis.
The contract monitor regularly conducts frequent on-site reviews of local
records, files and other documents; personally observes work activities of local
staff to determine quality and quantity of work performed; analyzes and
evaluates both administrative and programs plans and operations on an on-going
basis.
Quarterly and yearly audits are coordinated by the contract monitor to ensure
compliance with ACA standards and contractual obligations.
The contract monitor regularly meets with staff and inmates at contract
facilities to gain feedback and assist in problem solving to help with
adjustment to private facilities.
PRIVATE
PRISON OVERSIGHT
Title 57, Section 563.2 and
Title 57, Section 563.3 directs the Oklahoma Department of
Corrections to inspect and oversee private prisons in Oklahoma. The oversight
mandates that within two (2) months of commencing operations, that the vendor
obtain:
If the facility houses offenders from another jurisdiction, they must ensure offenders are classified as medium security according to the sending jurisidiction’s classification system unless the facility has been approved to house maximum security offenders as determined by DOC. The facility must provide the following to DOC:
