NCJ Number
132651
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 53 Issue: 6 Dated: (October 1991) Pages: 102,104-105
Date Published
1991
Length
3 pages
Annotation
The Oklahoma boot-camp program, which accepts only 18- to 25-year-old offenders, has the following major components: military drills, work assignments, education classes, and counseling.
Abstract
The program's goals are rehabilitation, deterrence, and prison population reduction. The program, known as Regimented Inmate Discipline, has the goals of rehabilitation, deterrence, and prison population reduction. Only males under the age of 22 who have been convicted of nonviolent offenses and are being incarcerated for the first time are eligible for the program. The program is divided into three phases known as platoons. Participants enter in the third platoon, progress to the second and the first, and then graduate. Telephone, television, and visitation privileges increase at each level. Progress through the three phases is based on staff evaluations in 10 categories that include cooperation, hygiene, and effort. Ratings are reviewed weekly by the unit staff. The staff includes 16 officers, 4 of whom are drill instructors; 3 correctional counselors; 2 case managers; a unit manager; and a secretary. There are four education staff for the entire facility. Drug counseling is provided by the counselors from the State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.