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An act relating to inmates, the official text

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2                  1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

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3 SENATE BILL 887           By: Jett
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to inmates; creating the Secure Pre-

7   Integration Pilot Program; stating purpose;

8   establishing certain criteria; requiring

8   administration of pilot program by the Department of

9   Corrections; authorizing promulgation of rules;

9   construing provision; providing certain eligibility;

10  creating the Secure Pre-Integration Pilot Program

10  Revolving Fund; specifying permissible sources of

11  funding; authorizing certain expenditures by the

11  Department of Corrections; authorizing retainment of

12  certain percentage of funds for certain purpose;

12  providing for codification; and providing an

13  effective date.

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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16  SECTION 1.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 569 of Title 57, unless there is
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18 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19  A. The Department of Corrections shall establish a five-year

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20 pilot program, subject to the availability of funds, called the
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21 "Secure Pre-Integration Pilot Program". The purpose of the pilot
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22 program is to provide re-integration assistance to offenders
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23 incarcerated for non-violent offenses in order to reduce prison
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24 populations and the associated cost to this state.
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1   B. The Secure Pre-Integration Pilot Program shall address a

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2 comprehensive plan for release of an inmate to his or her family or
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3 community entity, including a church or non-profit organization.
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4 The family or community entity responsible for such released inmate
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5 shall monitor the person and make regular reports to the Department
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6 of Corrections.
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7   C. The Secure Pre-Integration Pilot Program shall be

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8 administered by the Department of Corrections. The Department shall
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9 promulgate rules to administer the provisions of this section.
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10  D. This section shall not be construed to decrease sentence

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11 time or serve as a mechanism for probation or parole. Inmates
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12 released pursuant to the provisions of this section are considered
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13 to be in the custody of the responsible party as determined by the
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14 Department of Corrections.
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15  E. Inmates transferred to the custody of the Department of

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16 Corrections from another state pursuant to the Interstate
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17 Corrections Compact (ICC), or any similar agreement, are eligible to
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18 participate in the Secure Pre-Integration Pilot Program.
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19  SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified

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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 569.1A of Title 57, unless there
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21 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

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23 for the Department of Corrections to be designated the "Secure Pre-
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24 Integration Pilot Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
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1 continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
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2 consist of all monies received by the Department of Corrections from
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3 appropriations, donations, grants, or other sources of funding
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4 provided for the purpose of administering the Secure Pre-Integration
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5 Pilot Program. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
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6 hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
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7 Department of Corrections for the purpose provided for in Section 1
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8 of this act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants
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9 issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by
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10 law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
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11 Services for approval and payment. Of the available funds, the
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12 Department may use up to five percent (5%) to cover administrative
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14  SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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