{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-115","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-115","heading":"Reentry program for offenders needing structured release","body":"A. A reentry program is hereby authorized to be created within\n\nthe Department of Corrections by January 1, 2005, for offenders who\n\nneed structured release prior to completion of the sentence. The\n\nreentry program shall be designed to provide structure and control\n\nas offenders near release to the community without supervision. No\n\noffender otherwise eligible for any community placement, halfway\n\nhouse, work release program, or minimum security placement shall be\n\neligible for this program. The program shall not receive state\n\nappropriations and shall be fully funded by federal or private\n\nfunds.\n\nB. The reentry program shall begin in a county or counties\n\nselected by the Department and may expand or change to other\n\nlocations within the state at the discretion of the Department. The\n\nprogram shall provide a continuum of services to meet the needs of\n\noffenders assigned or required to complete the program. The program\n\nduration shall be eighteen (18) months composed of twelve (12)\n\nmonths at minimum security level and six (6) months at community\n\nplacement prior to release. The inmate is required to complete\n\ntwelve (12) months at minimum security level prior to completing the\n\nsix (6) months at community placement. The Department is authorized\n\nto use monitoring and supervision in all levels of security as\n\nnecessary to ensure structure, control and compliance.\n\nC. The Department shall designate at least one medium, minimum\n\nand community security level facility capable of serving male and\n\nfemale offenders assigned or required to complete the program. Male\n\nand female offenders shall not be housed in the same facility. Each\n\nof the designated facilities shall be solely devoted to the program.\n\nNothing in this act shall require all offenders to be assigned to a\n\nreentry program prior to release without supervision.\n\nD. Any offender assigned or required to complete a reentry\n\nprogram who subsequently fails, refuses or is noncompliant in the\n\nreentry program shall be removed from the program, after notice of a\n\nprogram failure, and placed in a higher security level facility\n\naccording to the rules established for the program. Earned credits\n\nmay be withheld for those inmates who fail to satisfactorily\n\ncomplete the program as provided by rule.\n\nE. All services available in the reentry program shall be\n\nselected after open bid and the Department shall actively solicit\n\nfaith-based and secular providers in all service provider\n\ncategories. Offenders assigned to the reentry program shall choose\n\na provider of services for each service category.\n\nF. All service providers contracting for the reentry program\n\nshall be required to meet outcome-based standards and evaluations\n\nand are required to measure recidivism for all offenders placed for\n\nservices with that provider according to the rules of the\n\nDepartment.\n\nG. The Department shall consider offenders with long-term\n\nincarceration, violent offenses, repeat offenders with multiple\n\nincarcerations, offenders ineligible for parole who will be released\n\nwithout supervision, offenders with parole stipulations and\n\noffenders having consecutive sentences longer than the calculation\n\nof a life sentence for purposes of determing parole eligibility.\n\nH. The Governor and the Pardon and Parole Board shall work\n\ntogether with the Department of Corrections within the capabilities\n\nof the reentry program and shall have the authority to stipulate\n\nthat an offender shall be paroled, conditioned upon completion of\n\nthe program, without further hearing recommendation or approval.\n\nI. No offender shall be placed in the reentry program until the\n\noffender is within eighteen (18) months of release from the custody\n\nof the Department or is granted, by stipulation or otherwise, a\n\nparole release upon completion of the reentry program. Nothing in\n\nthis act shall operate to reduce the length of a sentence to\nion of\n\nthe program, without further hearing recommendation or approval.\n\nI. No offender shall be placed in the reentry program until the\n\noffender is within eighteen (18) months of release from the custody\n\nof the Department or is granted, by stipulation or otherwise, a\n\nparole release upon completion of the reentry program. Nothing in\n\nthis act shall operate to reduce the length of a sentence to\n\nincarceration, except completion of the reentry program.\n\nJ. The Department shall establish rules and procedures to\n\nimplement the provisions of this act. An annual report shall be\n\ngenerated at the completion of each calendar year. This report\n\nshall reflect the evaluation of the program based on the outcomes\n\ndesignated by the Department. Copies of said report shall be\n\nforwarded to the Governor, the Chair of the Sentencing Commission,\n\nthe President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of\n\nRepresentatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the\n\nLegislature.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"72461fb7711703699c04d7ed978174a4ca851e96d2cd9c96e1b6741ccd4f8fd4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-10","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}