Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-612
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Persons convicted of driving under influence of alcohol or
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other intoxicant or controlled dangerous substance - Processing,
classification and assignment.
A. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Section
11-902 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and sentenced to the
custody of the Department of Corrections shall be processed through
the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center or other location
determined by the Director of the Department of Corrections,
classified and assigned as follows:
1. To the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services for substance abuse treatment, if the person is evaluated
to be receptive to treatment and not deemed by the Department of
Corrections to be a security risk. The inmate may be required to
reimburse the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services for all or part of the actual cost incurred for treatment
of the inmate while the inmate is assigned to the Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The Department of
Corrections shall determine whether the inmate has the ability to
pay for all or part of the cost of treatment. While assigned to a
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services treatment
program the inmate shall comply with the rules and regulations as
agreed upon by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services and the Department of Corrections. Any infraction of said
rules may result in the inmate's reassignment to a correctional
facility of the Department of Corrections. Upon successful
completion of the treatment program the inmate shall be properly
reassigned by the Department of Corrections for the completion of
the sentence imposed by the court. Prior to discharge from the
treatment facility, the treatment facility shall forward to the
Department of Corrections a report and discharge summary including
arrangements and recommendations for further disposition and follow-
up treatment;
2. To an inpatient substance abuse treatment program with the
offender paying for the treatment. Upon successful completion of
the inpatient treatment program, the offender may be assigned to a
halfway house, structured community placement, or home placement
with the advice of the treatment provider. The Department of
Corrections shall require as a condition of any assignment that the
offender have electronic monitoring or ignition interlock device
requirements, or both, as a condition of placement. The offender
shall be responsible for all costs and fees associated with
electronic monitoring, ignition interlock device, and supervision;
or
3. To a correctional facility when:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 273
a. the person is evaluated not to be receptive to
treatment,
b. the person is evaluated to be a security risk, or
c. the person requires educational, medical or other
services or programs not available in the community
setting as determined by the Department.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Substance abuse treatment program" means a residential or
outpatient program certified by the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services and selected by the Department of
Corrections to provide substance abuse treatment for the inmate;
2. "Electronic monitoring" means monitoring of the inmate
within a specified location or locations in a community setting by
means of an electronic bracelet or other device; and
3. “Ignition interlock device” means a device that, without
tampering or intervention by another person, would prevent the
defendant from operating a motor vehicle if the defendant has a
blood or breath alcohol concentration of five-hundredths (0.05) or
greater.
classification and assignment.
A. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Section
11-902 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and sentenced to the
custody of the Department of Corrections shall be processed through
the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center or other location
determined by the Director of the Department of Corrections,
classified and assigned as follows:
1. To the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services for substance abuse treatment, if the person is evaluated
to be receptive to treatment and not deemed by the Department of
Corrections to be a security risk. The inmate may be required to
reimburse the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services for all or part of the actual cost incurred for treatment
of the inmate while the inmate is assigned to the Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The Department of
Corrections shall determine whether the inmate has the ability to
pay for all or part of the cost of treatment. While assigned to a
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services treatment
program the inmate shall comply with the rules and regulations as
agreed upon by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services and the Department of Corrections. Any infraction of said
rules may result in the inmate's reassignment to a correctional
facility of the Department of Corrections. Upon successful
completion of the treatment program the inmate shall be properly
reassigned by the Department of Corrections for the completion of
the sentence imposed by the court. Prior to discharge from the
treatment facility, the treatment facility shall forward to the
Department of Corrections a report and discharge summary including
arrangements and recommendations for further disposition and follow-
up treatment;
2. To an inpatient substance abuse treatment program with the
offender paying for the treatment. Upon successful completion of
the inpatient treatment program, the offender may be assigned to a
halfway house, structured community placement, or home placement
with the advice of the treatment provider. The Department of
Corrections shall require as a condition of any assignment that the
offender have electronic monitoring or ignition interlock device
requirements, or both, as a condition of placement. The offender
shall be responsible for all costs and fees associated with
electronic monitoring, ignition interlock device, and supervision;
or
3. To a correctional facility when:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 273
a. the person is evaluated not to be receptive to
treatment,
b. the person is evaluated to be a security risk, or
c. the person requires educational, medical or other
services or programs not available in the community
setting as determined by the Department.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Substance abuse treatment program" means a residential or
outpatient program certified by the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services and selected by the Department of
Corrections to provide substance abuse treatment for the inmate;
2. "Electronic monitoring" means monitoring of the inmate
within a specified location or locations in a community setting by
means of an electronic bracelet or other device; and
3. “Ignition interlock device” means a device that, without
tampering or intervention by another person, would prevent the
defendant from operating a motor vehicle if the defendant has a
blood or breath alcohol concentration of five-hundredths (0.05) or
greater.
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