Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.9

A. There is hereby created the Electronic Monitoring Program

for inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections who are

sentenced for a nonviolent offense not included as a violent offense

defined in Section 571 of this title. The Department is authorized

to use an electronic monitoring global positioning device to satisfy

its custody duties and responsibilities.

B. After an inmate has been processed and received through a

Department Assessment and Reception Center, has a home offer, and

has met the criteria established in subsection C of Section 521 of

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this title, the Director of the Department of Corrections may assign

the inmate, if eligible, to the Electronic Monitoring Program. The

following inmates, youthful offenders and juveniles shall not be

eligible for assignment to the program:

1. Any inmate serving a sentence of more than ten (10) years

who has one thousand ninety-five (1,095) days or more left on the

sentence;

2. Inmates convicted of a violent offense within the previous

ten (10) years or convicted of a violation enumerated in Section

13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Inmates convicted pursuant to Section 11-902 of Title 47 of

the Oklahoma Statutes who are not receptive to substance abuse

treatment and follow-up treatment;

4. Inmates deemed by the Department to be a security risk or

threat to the public;

5. Inmates requiring educational, medical or other services or

programs not available in a community setting as determined by the

Department;

6. Inmates convicted of any crime related to domestic abuse as

provided for in Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

who have an active protection order that was issued under the

Protection from Domestic Abuse Act;

7. Inmates who have outstanding felony warrants or detainers

from another jurisdiction;

8. Inmates convicted of a sex offense who, upon release from

incarceration, would be required by law to register pursuant to the

Sex Offender Registration Act;

9. Inmates convicted for any crime against a child or abuse

pursuant to Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Inmates convicted of exploitation of a vulnerable adult

pursuant to Section 843.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Inmates convicted of racketeering activity as defined in

Section 1402 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Inmates convicted pursuant to subsection F of Section 2-401

of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

13. Inmates convicted pursuant to Section 650 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

14. Inmates who have escaped from a medium or maximum custody

penal or correctional institution within the previous ten (10)

years; or

15. Inmates who currently have active misconduct actions on

file with the Department of Corrections.

C. Every eligible inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring

Program shall remain in such program until one of the following

conditions has been met:

1. The inmate discharges the term of the sentence;

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2. The inmate is removed from the Electronic Monitoring Program

for violation of any rule or condition of the program and reassigned

to imprisonment in a correctional facility; or

3. The inmate is paroled by the Governor pursuant to Section

332.7 of this title.

D. After an inmate has been assigned to the Electronic

Monitoring Program, denial of parole pursuant to Section 332.7 of

this title, shall not be cause for removal from the program,

provided the inmate has not violated the rules or conditions of the

program. The inmate may remain assigned to the program, if

otherwise eligible, until the completion of the sentence.

E. The Electronic Monitoring Program shall require active

supervision of the inmate in a community setting by a correctional

officer or other employee of the Department of Corrections with
al from the program,

provided the inmate has not violated the rules or conditions of the

program. The inmate may remain assigned to the program, if

otherwise eligible, until the completion of the sentence.

E. The Electronic Monitoring Program shall require active

supervision of the inmate in a community setting by a correctional

officer or other employee of the Department of Corrections with

monitoring by a global positioning device approved by the Department

under such rules and conditions as may be established by the

Department. If an inmate violates any rule or condition of the

program, the Department may take necessary disciplinary action

consistent with the rules established pursuant to this section

including reassignment to a higher level of security or removing the

inmate from the program with reassignment to imprisonment in a

correctional facility. Any inmate who escapes from the Electronic

Monitoring Program shall be subject to the provisions of Section 443

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

F. Upon an inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Program

becoming eligible for parole consideration, pursuant to Section

332.7 of this title, the Department of Corrections shall deliver the

inmate, in person, to a correctional facility for an interview,

together with any Department records necessary for the Pardon and

Parole Board's investigation. Inmates assigned to the Electronic

Monitoring Program shall not be allowed to waive consideration or

recommendation for parole.

G. Prior to placement of any eligible inmate assigned to the

Electronic Monitoring Program being placed in a community setting,

the Department of Corrections shall deliver a written notification

to the sheriff and district attorney of the county, and the chief

law enforcement officer of any incorporated city or town in which

the inmate is to be monitored and supervised under the program. The

Department of Corrections shall provide notice of the projected date

of release of an inmate to the designated Oklahoma victim

notification service provider within sixty (60) days but not less

than seven (7) days prior to the projected date of release of the

inmate.

H. An inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Program may

be required to pay the Department of Corrections for all or part of

any monitoring equipment or fee, substance abuse treatment program

or follow-up treatment expense, supervision cost or other costs

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while assigned to the program. The Department shall determine

whether the inmate has the ability to pay all or part of such fee or

costs.

I. The Department of Corrections shall develop policies and

procedures necessary to implement the Electronic Monitoring Program

including but not limited to methods of monitoring and supervision,

disciplinary action, reassignment to higher and lower security

levels, removal from the program and costs of monitoring and

supervision to be paid by the inmate, if any.

J. An inmate assigned to the Electronic Monitoring Program

shall, within thirty (30) days of being placed in a community

setting, report to the court clerk and the district attorney of the

county from which the judgment and sentence resulting in

incarceration arose to address payment of any fines, costs,

restitution and assessments owed by the inmate, if any.