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| Oklahoma prison chief's pilot program aims to reduce solitary confinement |
| By newsok.com- Sean Murphy |
| Published: 09/09/2015 |
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Nearly 1,200 Oklahoma prison inmates who spend 23 hours a day locked in their cell — including some of the most dangerous offenders — soon could see more recreational time under new pilot program at the state's maximum-security prison. The shift from restricted housing or solitary confinement is a growing trend in the prison industry, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said Tuesday. More than 1,180 Oklahoma prison inmates currently are confined to their cell with just five hours a week of solitary recreation time, Patton said. This includes nearly all of the 642 inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, 360 inmates at the Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville and 180 inmates at the private Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing. While Patton said there are both legal and budgetary motivations, there also is a moral obligation. Read More. |
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