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DOC Capacity Reaching Crisis Levels
By news9.com- Justin Dougherty
Published: 06/27/2017

In just a few hours, the director of the Department of Corrections will release details on what he calls a prisoner population crisis.

Not only does DOC director Joe Allbaugh say the current situation is in crisis but if nothing is done, it will get even worse.

Currently, the entire corrections system in Oklahoma has 62,487 inmates, putting the system at 109 percent capacity, the second highest overall incarceration rate in the nation and first with incarcerated women. Oklahoma is on track to being number one in the next two years.

For many lawmakers, criminal justice reform is a bipartisan issue. Rep. Leslie Osbourn argues mental health reform, substance abuse counseling, and jobs training need to be a focus.

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