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During the monthly Board of Corrections meeting, Oklahoma ODOC Director Joe M. Allbaugh informed board members that the agency had a record number of individuals in the system.

ODOC population numbers (04/25/2017):

•     33,865 - Supervision (GPS monitored, community supervision, probation/parole)
•     26,380 - Incarcerated (Prisons and halfway houses)
•     1,755 - County jail backup (People who have received judgment/sentencing and awaiting transport to ODOC)

Allbaugh says that state prisons are at 109% inmate capacity.

The Crime and Justice Institute and the Pew Charitable Trusts have projected that if there is no action taken to reduce Oklahoma's prison population that ODOC will see a population increase of 25% over the next 10-years. Oklahoma will need three additional prisons to absorb those numbers at an estimated taxpayer cost of $1.2-billion in capital needs and an additional $700-million in operating costs.

Allbaugh also informed the board that there are currently 261 probation officers averaging a workload of 130 cases each. ODOC also has 1,803 correctional officers at facilities across the state. Hiring CO's has been one of Allbaugh's top priorities since heading up the agency.