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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC or ODOC) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison system. It has its headquarters in Oklahoma City, [2] across the street from the headquarters of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. The Board of Corrections are appointees: five members ...
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [1] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates.
The Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, near McLoud. The facility houses 1241 inmates, most of whom are held at medium security. [2] It is the largest female prison in Oklahoma. [3] The facility first opened in 1974, on Martin ...
Oklahoma Corrections Industry operates a factory for furniture renovation and sign production at the facility. A 150 herd cow/calf operation is also operated by the Department of Corrections Agri-Services. [3] On May 14, 1988 inmates rioted while preparing to be transported, taking 8 guards hostage.
Sep. 1—OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma's corrections director is backing a $9.3 million effort to revive the state's prison rodeo, an event that was once among the largest in the nation, drawing ...
Charles E. Johnson Correctional Center (also known as the Bill Johnson Correctional Center, or BJCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma. [3] BJCC is the newest of the Oklahoma DOC's 17 institutions, opened in 1995, and expanded in 2011–2012. [4]
State prisons. Charles E. Johnson Correctional Center. Dick Conner Correctional Center. Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center (inmate capacity 783) Howard McLeod Correctional Center (inmate capacity 616) Jackie Brannon Correctional Center (inmate capacity 737) James Crabtree Correctional Center. Jess Dunn Correctional Center (inmate capacity 1129)
The GEO Group — the company that owns two correctional facilities in Oklahoma — said this week it was terminating its contract with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for the Lawton ...