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| Formed | May 8, 1967 |
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| Headquarters | 3400 Martin Luther King Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Employees | 4,341 classified 367 unclassified |
| Annual budget | $ 500 million |
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| Parent agency | Oklahoma State Board of Corrections |
| Website | Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
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 are appointed by the Governor; two members are appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and two members are appointed by the Speaker of the house of Representatives. The board is responsible for setting the policies of the Department, approving the annual budget request, and working with the Director of Corrections on material matters of the agency. T. Hastings Siegfried is the current chairman of the board. The director, who serves at the pleasure of the governor, is the chief executive of the department. The current director of Corrections is Scott Crow, who was appointed after Director Joe Allbaugh resigned his post on June 13, 2019.[3] Crow was confirmed by the Oklahoma State Senate as director in May 2020. [4]
- ^ "Oklahoma Department of Corrections - Board of Corrections". Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director's Office". Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ World, Barbara Hoberock Tulsa. "Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh abruptly resigns". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Senate confirms Crow's nomination as Director of Corrections". Retrieved 2020-05-12.