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COMMUNITY
SUPERVISION PROGRAM
The
Oklahoma Department of Corrections plans to implement a Community Supervision
Program (CSP) to help relieve prison overcrowding. The CSP identifies nonviolent,
minimum security level inmates within 18-months of completing their sentences. ODOC
Probation & Parole will supervise CSP participants and initially place them
on GPS monitoring.
Statutory
Authority
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Title
57, Section 510.1 – ODOC is authorized to extend the limits regarding place of
confinement for committed offenders by granting a pass authorizing offenders to
be away from the correctional facility to:
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Contact
prospective employers.
o
Participate
in work, educational and training programs in the community.
Program/Placement
Qualifications
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Minimum
security, nonviolent inmates within 18 months of projected release.
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Inmates
identified through the ODOC Offender Management System.
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Crime
information verified through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
record check.
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ODOC
internal screening of inmates to include exclusions, misconducts, program
enrollments.
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Paperwork
review to include completed program plans, packets prepared for ODOC Population
Department, and preliminary packets review.
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Case
managers and ODOC Probation and Parole notified of approvals.
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Pre-admission
conferences with probation officers.
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Schedule
admission into the program, notify law enforcement, notify inmates’ families
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Inmates
fitted GPS monitors, admitted to supervision.
Inmate
Exclusions
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Consecutive
sentences.
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85%
sentences.
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Violent
crimes defined by Title 57, Section 571.
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Sex
or domestic violence offenders.
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Drug -trafficking
convictions.
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Participants
in delayed sentencing program.
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Inmates
sentenced for placement in intermediate revocation facility.
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Participants
currently in the electronic monitoring program.
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Inmates
with sentences in which the remaining balance is suspended upon successful
completion of a program.
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Cases
pending judicial review.
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Pending
felony cases.
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Active
protective orders.
Supervision
Process
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ODOC
Probation & Parole will supervise CSP participants.
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First
contact with participants will be made within 5 days.
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First
home visits with participants will be within one month.
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Contacts
with probation officers contacts will take place at least twice per month.
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Supervision
will initially include GPS monitoring for 6 months.
Media Contact:
Mark Myers, Communications Director
mark.myers@doc.ok.gov
(405) 425-2565
(405) 306-9014
Matt Elliott, Public Information Manager
matthew.elliott@doc.ok.gov
(405) 425-2520
(405) 435-9173
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