Oklahoma DOC Adult Pay to Stay Policy

Elijah Salisbury filed this request with the Department of Corrections of Oklahoma.
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

Communications

From: Elijah Salisbury

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

1) All current policies and procedures regarding medical and room & board costs or fees for which inmates are or may become liable. Please include all policies and procedures related to how fees are set, accrued, imposed, collected, and enforced (such as those related to per diem fees, ability to pay determinations, penalties for late or non-payment, authorization for civil or criminal action for payment enforcement, etc).

2) All reports, databases, spreadsheets, or equivalent materials regarding debts/restitution paid to or owed to this department or any facility/agency under its jurisdiction in FY2021. Please include all relevant data regarding medical and room & board costs, including the number of individuals charged for medical and room & board costs or fees and the total amount of medical and room & board fees imposed in FY2021.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Elijah Salisbury

From: Muckrock Staff

Hello,

Please see the following request for records. Thank you for your help with this request.

Sincerely,
MuckRock

From: Department of Corrections

A link to the policy that covers program support is: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/doc/documents/policy/section-09/op090110.pdf

From: Kelly Stevenson

Hello,

Thank you for responding to my initial inquiry. Unfortunately, the link that you have provided does not satisfy our FOIA request.

To reiterate, we ask that you provide all current policies and procedures regarding medical and room & board costs or fees for which inmates are or may become liable, including all policies and procedures related to how fees are set, accrued, imposed, collected, and enforced.

In addition, we ask that you provide all reports, databases, spreadsheets, or equivalent materials regarding debts/restitution paid to or owed to this department or any facility/agency under its jurisdiction in FY2021. We ask that you include all relevant data regarding medical and room & board costs, including the number of individuals charged for medical and room & board costs or fees and the total amount of medical and room & board fees imposed in FY2021.

Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to your response.

Best,
Kelly

From: Department of Corrections

The program support we collect from inmates on work release are to pay or partially pay the inmate’s cost of incarceration. Cost of incarceration could be construed as “room & board” but is a larger more broadly defined element that includes many other things including staff salaries.

A link to the policy that covers program support is: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/doc/documents/policy/section-09/op090110.pdf The section covering program support fees is found on page 13. Attached is a report for program support collected in FY 2021.

Thanks!

From: Kelly Stevenson

Hello,

Your support in satisfying our FOIA request is much appreciated! However, there are still portions of our initial request that remain unacknowledged.

While we are in receipt of the department's policy around the collection of "program support" from inmates participating in work release programs, we still have not received any reports, databases, spreadsheets, or equivalent materials detailing the number of individuals charged for "program support" costs and the total amount of these charges collected in FY2021.

We ask that you provide these requested materials, along with the department's policies around and procedures around the imposition and collection of medical fees as well as all reports, databases, spreadsheets, or equivalent materials detailing the number of individuals charged for medical fees and the total amount of these charges collected in FY2021.

Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to your response!

Best,
Kelly

Files

There are no files associated with this request.