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| New state corrections director to focus on lowering OK prison population |
| By newsok.com- Graham Lee Brewer |
| Published: 03/07/2014 |
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At his first Board of Corrections meeting as director of the state Corrections Department, Robert Patton said tackling Oklahoma’s rising prison population is a top priority. Patton, who worked more than two decades for the Arizona Department of Corrections, started his new job in Oklahoma in mid-February. He told the board at the meeting Thursday he has established a population management team to look at ways to reduce inmate numbers. After the meeting, Patton told reporters the team is looking at a variety of ways to reduce the prison population, including looking at agency policy to make sure the department is following statute and processing inmates through the parole process adequately. Read More. |
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