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1700 East First StreetPO Box 514, Granite, OK, 73547-0514
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The Oklahoma State Reformatory is a medium-security state prison situated in Granite, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Reformatory opened its doors back in 1993. The Oklahoma State Reformatory can house over 5,000 inmates at any given time.
The Oklahoma State Reformatory has a reception center for all incoming inmates into the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Typically inmates in the Oklahoma State Reformatory will be here anywhere from two to three months. This is while staff processes their health records and criminal records along with assessing their social and physiological needs before sending them off to a prison that will fit their needs.
While inmates are here at the North Kern State PRison, they will have the opportunity to enroll in educational programs.
The Kern Valley State Prison and the Oklahoma State Reformatory are only one mile away from each other. The Kern Valley State Prison houses around 4,3800 inmates. However, Greer County is known for its large prison population throughout the United States.
Then in the early 1990s, Oklahoma went through the rapid growth of inmates. This caused many of the rural counties to lobby to build a prison due to the fact of the job and health care opportunities that the facility would provide for their employees.
Granite was one of these rural cities within the counties that lobbied for a prison. The Oklahoma State Reformatory opened its doors in 1993 and since then the city has seen rapid growth. Prior to the two state correctional facilities were designed and built, Granite was known as a small rural city with a huge migrant worker population.
The two correctional facilities developed this once small rural city into an urban city. Residents of Granite reaped the benefits of getting a new sewage system as well as a brand new electrical infrastructure, along with housing and retail developments.
Oklahoma State Reformatory is exclusively a male-only state prison. The Oklahoma State Reformatory currently houses around 4,200 inmates, which is 170-percent more than it was designed for. The Oklahoma State Reformatory was only designed to house up to 2,447 inmates. Most of these inmates in Oklahoma State Reformatory are housed in the reception center. These inmates are typically waiting to be transferred out to their permanent state prison.
The main general population inmates are not as dangerous as the reception center inmates. The general population inmates will have much more privileges handed to them. One big privilege is that they can have the opportunity to work outside the Oklahoma State Reformatory. Out of the 1,400 general population inmates the Oklahoma State Reformatory houses, only around 3800 of these inmates will be living behind the electric fence, while the other 400 inmates will live behind a regular chain link fence.
General population inmates will have jobs within the facility. These jobs can consist of laundry, kitchen, library, education, and sometimes cleaning up highways. All general population inmates will be living in dorms. All general population inmates will also have the opportunity to participate in reentry and educational programs.
All inmates who are in the reception center will be there for around two to three months before they are transferred to their permanent state prison. all reception center inmates will be held behind the electric fence. If an inmate is approved, they may have a job within side the Oklahoma State Reformatory.
The Oklahoma State Reformatory is no stranger to overcrowding. All cells are now double-bunked cells. However, the sewage system here at the Oklahoma State Reformatory was not built to hold such a large population. This has caused numerous toxic spills.
The Oklahoma State Reformatory has three fences enclosing the facility. Two fo the fences are razor wire fences while the third fence is an electric fence that is snuggled in the middle of the two razor wire fences. There are a few guard towers around the perimeter of Oklahoma State Reformatory.
The Oklahoma State Reformatory offers a number of programs to its inmates. Most of these programs will be educationally based as many inmates coming into the facility does not have a high school education.
The Oklahoma State Reformatory has two preeminent gangs that are within the walls of the facility; Paisas and Surenos.
Inmates in the Oklahoma State Reformatory will be eligible to receive visitors. Inmates are responsible for providing a list of all potential inmates with contact information to the appropriate staff members. Inmates will be eligible to have visitors, but this will depend on what their custody and security level is.