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| Oklahoma County pilot program modernizes offender sentencing |
| By newsok.com- Graham Lee Brewer |
| Published: 11/11/2014 |
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A partnership between several state agencies is taking the criminal justice system in Oklahoma County one step closer to modernization, state and county officials say. Oklahoma County Court Clerk Tim Rhodes and the state Corrections Department have been operating a pilot program for the past two months that allows a convicted inmate’s sentencing to be electronically submitted from the court house to prison staff. The program streamlines inmate transfers in the county by eliminating pen and pad documentation and the involvement of an entire agency in the process. When an offender is charged in the state, the county clerk gives the conviction and length of sentence information, known as a “judgment and sentencing,” to the county jail where the offender is housed. It’s up to sheriffs when to notify the state Corrections Department of that sentencing and deliver the inmate to the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, where all state inmates are processed. Read More. |
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