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| DOC continues to struggle for space |
| By tulsaworld.com |
| Published: 12/06/2012 |
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Oklahoma takes one step forward toward reducing its high per-capita incarceration rate and two steps back. Now, the prison system has run out of space for new female inmates. How did this happen, after all the publicity and work toward reducing the female incarceration rate, which is the highest per-capita in the nation? Simple math: "We have fewer females discharging so far this year and we have more coming in," Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones told the Board of Corrections. In the past few years more female offenders have been diverted from prison through such efforts as the successful Women in Recovery program. But many women aren't eligible for that program or live in areas where alternatives to incarceration are limited. Also, with Oklahoma's 85 percent rule, inmates committing certain serious offenses must remain in prison longer. If more space isn't freed up, DOC soon might have few alternatives but to turn to private prison beds unless it wants to build more prisons, which takes time and money. Certain Republican leaders support the use of private prisons. Reliance on private prisons, however, is a double-edged sword. Read More. |
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