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Welcome to Inside Corrections
This edition of Inside Corrections will certainly reinforce that the agency is always on the innovated edge of our profession.
We continue to seek out innovations and best practices even when it would probably be acceptable to the public and other
stakeholders for us to just maintain the status quo while waiting out the recession and budget cuts. Of course the status quo
for us is already having one of, if not the best, state correctional systems in the nation. So we continue to raise the bar which
is detailed in this edition where you can read about our automated offender records, quality treatment programs, educational
excellence and an excellent view of maximum security mental health services through the eyes of a mental health professional
new to such an environment.
Our rich employee diversity is also celebrated in pages of photos from our diversity series and we take time to recognize our award
winning employees.
With a new fiscal year and a more workable budget there does appear to be light at the end of the tunnel. As I write this, we are on
17 straight days of over 100 degrees and numerous breakdowns of equipment, and yet our key indicators of a successful operating
correctional system remain high. Our employees are the best in the nation and continue to demonstrate that on a 24/7 basis.
Justin Jones
Justin Jones
Director
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
4 JULY/AUGUST 2011