{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-563.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-563.1","heading":"Location of private prison facilities - Restrictions","body":"A. The location of any prison facility which is not operated by\n\nthe Department of Corrections, a county, or a city:\n\n1. Shall be subject to the nondiscriminatory zoning ordinances\n\nof the town or city in which located; and\n\n2. Is specifically prohibited within one (1) mile of any public\n\nor private elementary or secondary school. The provision of this\n\nparagraph shall not apply to:\n\na. any private medium secure juvenile facility which was\n\nestablished and housed juveniles prior to July 1,\n\n1999,\n\nb. any prison facility which was used as a prison\n\nfacility prior to the establishment of a public or\n\nprivate elementary or secondary school within the one-\n\nmile radius of the prison facility as long as the\n\nprison facility remains in continuous use as a prison,\n\nc. any prison or juvenile facility established within the\n\nprohibited distance from a private elementary or\n\nsecondary school prior to May 20, 1994, or within the\n\nprohibited distance from a public elementary or\n\nsecondary school prior to July 1, 1987,\n\nd. any other juvenile facilities, or\n\ne. a correctional facility not operated by the Department\n\nof Corrections that is granted permission to operate\n\nwithin the areas restricted by this subsection by a\n\nmajority vote of the following entities:\n\n(1) the district board of education of each school\n\ndistrict with an affected school, and\n\n(2) the equivalent governing body of each affected\n\nprivate school.\n\nB. The distance indicated in this section shall be measured\n\nfrom the nearest property line of the school to the nearest property\n\nline of the prison facility.\n\nC. 1. Prior to the establishment of any prison facility which\n\nis not operated by the Department of Corrections, a private prison\n\ncontractor shall obtain written authorization to establish the\n\nfacility from the governing body of any municipality in which the\n\nfacility is to be located, or if the facility is not to be located\n\nwithin the incorporated limits of a municipality, from the board of\n\ncounty commissioners of the county in which the facility is to be\n\nlocated.\n\n2. The authorization shall be submitted to the Board of\n\nCorrections before any contract between the Department of\n\nCorrections and the private prison contractor is awarded.\n\nD. The term “prison or prison facility” means any facility\n\noperated by a private prison contractor as such term is defined in\n\nSection 502 of this title.","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":"e7f90aa8b773bbef60d173533e74c1dda86d84092544693024a59511309c44aa","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-563","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-563.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}