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| Lawmakers Discuss Withholding Corrections' Budget After Consolidation Plan Passes |
| By kgou.org- Kate Carlton Greer |
| Published: 05/11/2016 |
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A group of lawmakers met at the State Capitol Tuesday to talk about withholding the state budget allocation for the Department of Corrections. The move comes after the agency opted last week to shutter more than a dozen work centers and relocate inmates to a prison in Granite. State Rep. Bobby Cleveland, R-Slaughterville, says he has “a real problem” with the Department of Correction’s transparency. He argues the agency gave little notice to lawmakers about the closure of 15 community work centers across the state. During its monthly board meeting last week, the Board of Corrections unanimously approved a consolidation plan. Under it, the state will lease a privately owned prison in Sayre. Inmates from the Oklahoma State Reformatory will be moved to the Sayre facility, and inmates at the work release centers will be transferred to Granite. Interim Director Joe Allbaugh said during the meeting this move would prevent the department from asking lawmakers for additional money. Read More. |
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