§ 57-216. Definitions.

In this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.  "Director" shall mean the Director of the Department of Corrections.

2.  "Public works project" means a project that has been determined by the State Board of Corrections to be of necessity for the public well-being conducive to rehabilitation and the reduction of recidivism among participating inmates by the written request of a majority of the board of county commissioners, the governing body of any municipality or any agency of the State of Oklahoma or of the United States or any subdivision thereof.

3.  "Prisoner" shall mean any person who is under the custody and control of the Department of Corrections.  No prisoner shall be assigned to any public works project if the inmate:

a.              is deemed by the Director to be a threat to public safety,

b.              has escaped or attempted to escape from a correctional institution within the last ten (10) years, or

c.              has been convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or received a suspended sentence or any probationary term for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided for in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes if the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual exploitation as those terms are defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 741, 843.1, if the offense included sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, 865 through 869, 885, 886, 888, 891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1040.51, 1087, 1088, 1111.1, 1114 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1975, c. 211, § 2, emerg. eff. May 27, 1975.  Amended by Laws 1991, c. 145, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2000, c. 224, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 146, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.