{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-563","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-563","heading":"Correctional facilities - Creation or construction -","body":"Approval of Legislature - Inmate work centers - Location.\n\nA. Except as otherwise authorized by Section 183 of Title 73 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes, before any correctional facility other than\n\nan inmate work center as authorized in subsection B of this section\n\nor an inmate drug offender work camp, whether within the Department\n\nof Corrections or within any other state agency, may be created or\n\nany construction performed which may significantly increase, extend\n\nor expand the present facility, such creation or construction shall\n\nbe approved by the Legislature. Correctional facilities owned or\n\noperated by private prison contractors shall not be deemed to be\n\nwithin the Department of Corrections or other state agency.\n\nB. The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to\n\nestablish inmate work centers in locations where a need for labor to\n\nconduct public work projects is determined. The Department shall\n\nselect the inmate work center locations based on objective\n\ncomparisons of interested communities in accordance with procedures\n\nand criteria established by the Department of Corrections. The\n\nprocedures, selection criteria and decision case analysis shall be\n\nmade available to the public upon request.\n\nC. No state, county or municipal correctional facility\n\nincluding any inmate work center, inmate drug offender work camp,\n\ninmate halfway house, inmate transitional living center and any\n\nother place where state, county or municipal inmates are housed\n\nshall be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any public or\n\nprivate elementary or secondary school nor within two thousand five\n\nhundred (2,500) feet of any secure facility for juveniles. The\n\nprovisions of this subsection shall not apply to any inmate work\n\ncenter, inmate drug offender work camp, inmate halfway house, inmate\n\ntransitional living center and any other place where state, county\n\nor municipal inmates are housed established prior to May 20, 1994.\n\nProvided, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to\n\nstate, county, or municipal correctional facilities that are granted\n\npermission to operate within the areas restricted by this subsection\n\nby a majority vote of the following entities:\n\n1. The district board of education of each school district with\n\nan affected school; and\n\n2. The governing body of each affected private school.\n\nD. In addition to the restrictions outlined in subsection C of\n\nthis section, following the effective date of this act, no privately\n\nowned inmate halfway house or inmate transitional living center\n\nshall be located in a residential neighborhood inside the corporate\n\nlimits of a municipality, or a county with planning and/or zoning\n\ncommissions created pursuant to law, without approval from the local\n\nentity with authority over zoning requirements.\n\nE. In any county with a population of two hundred fifty\n\nthousand (250,000) or more, as determined by the latest Federal\n\nDecennial Census, the Department of Corrections shall not cause,\n\npermit or require any inmate in the custody of the Department or\n\ncause, permit or require any offender under the supervision of the\n\nDepartment to enter, remain or be present in any Department of\n\nCorrections facility located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a\n\nprivate or public elementary or secondary school, or on the grounds\n\nof such a facility, for any activities involving or relating to\n\nprocessing, training, instructing, interviewing, counseling,\n\nreporting, conferring, imposing discipline, reviewing or\n\nadjudicating or any correctional function requiring or permitting\n\nthe presence of the offender, except offenders may be employed in\n\nconstruction, maintenance or janitorial activities in or on the\n\nstructures or grounds while under supervision of a correctional\n\nemployee. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any\nor\n\nadjudicating or any correctional function requiring or permitting\n\nthe presence of the offender, except offenders may be employed in\n\nconstruction, maintenance or janitorial activities in or on the\n\nstructures or grounds while under supervision of a correctional\n\nemployee. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any\n\nfacility established or acquired by the Department of Corrections\n\nprior to May 20, 1994.","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":"b480b2564c3bc72ea3d4f45673942b1ab5e51052338c5a3f56b6c79abef1d2a3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-562","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-563.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}