Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-216

In this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Director" shall mean the Director of the Department of

Corrections.

2. "Public works project" means a project that has been

determined by the State Board of Corrections to be of necessity for

the public well-being conducive to rehabilitation and the reduction

of recidivism among participating inmates by the written request of

a majority of the board of county commissioners, the governing body

of any municipality or any agency of the State of Oklahoma or of the

United States or any subdivision thereof.

3. "Prisoner" shall mean any person who is under the custody

and control of the Department of Corrections. No prisoner shall be

assigned to any public works project if the inmate:

a. is deemed by the Director to be a threat to public

safety,

b. has escaped or attempted to escape from a correctional

institution within the last ten (10) years, or

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c. has been convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of

guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or received

a suspended sentence or any probationary term for a

crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided for in

Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes if

the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual

exploitation as those terms are defined in Section 1-

1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section

741, 843.1, if the offense included sexual abuse or

sexual exploitation, 865 through 869, 885, 886, 888,

891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1040.51, 1087,

1088, 1111.1, 1114 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.