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| Oklahoma Board of Corrections OKs sentencing reform recommendations from governor |
| By tulsaworld.com- Rick M. Green & Graham Lee Brewer |
| Published: 09/11/2015 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Board of Corrections approved a governor’s recommendation Thursday for sentencing changes that will lead to the release of hundreds of serious offenders. Robert Patton, director of the state Department of Corrections, estimated that it will lead to about 190 immediate releases and up to 400 by the end of the year. Gov. Mary Fallin made a case that state corrections officials have not implemented changes made by the Legislature in 1999 regarding how inmates accumulate good behavior credits that allow them to leave prison earlier. Read More. |
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