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| New Law Aims to Speed Up Transfers of Inmates to Prisons |
| By oklahomawatch.org- M. Scott Carter |
| Published: 05/14/2015 |
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The number of state inmates being kept in county jails has long been hard to track. A new law is aimed at making the count more precise. Gov. Mary Fallin this week signed into a law a bill that will require county officials to notify the Department of Corrections within three days after a prisoner in a county facility has been sentenced by a district court. House Bill 1630 also allows county officials to negotiate with the department to house inmates in the event that DOC facilities reach capacity. Read More. |
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