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| Lawmaker files bill to abolish Oklahoma Board of Corrections |
| By newsok.com - Graham Lee Brewer |
| Published: 01/30/2014 |
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If Rep. Tom Newell gets his way, by the end of the year the state Board of Corrections will no longer exist. Newell filed legislation for the 2014 session, which begins Monday, to do away with the seven-member board, a move he believes will create more accountability in the state Corrections Department. Newell is suggesting a move similar to one approved by voters last year placing the Department of Human Services under the supervision of the governor. In 2012, voters gave 60 percent approval to State Question 765, which dissolved the board that oversaw DHS and made the director of the department a position appointed by the governor. Previously the nine-member Human Services Commission selected the agency director. Newell's bill would place the director of the state Corrections Department under the general supervision of the Cabinet secretary of safety and security. Read More. |
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