CONTACT OCI TOLL-FREE: 1-800-522-3565
oci.customerservice@doc.ok.gov
Carl Bear - Chief Administrator
Address: 3402 Martin Luther King Ave. , Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Phone: 800-522-3565
oci.customerservice@doc.ok.gov
Show Room Hours: Monday - Friday | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Oklahoma Correctional Industries (OCI) is an integral part of the Department of Corrections. Correctional Industries is a self-supporting sub-entity of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections that employs offenders who lack marketable job skills. These skills and work experiences are attained through our well-managed correctional industries programs that allow for the offenders' successful return to society.
All products and services produced by Correctional Industries must be high quality, sold at fair market, and produced without taxpayer support resulting in savings to the state. Products and services are available to state offices, departments, institutions, agencies, counties, cities, districts and political subdivisions, schools, colleges, or universities, or any agency thereof, or any agencies of the state, which are supported in whole or in part by this state. Not-for-profit corporations or charitable agencies chartered in Oklahoma or other states may purchase such goods and services as well as current and retired state employees. Units of the federal government and units of government in other states may also purchase such goods and services. All entities who contract with the state, its political units, its agencies, its public institutions, and not-for-profit corporations may purchase goods or services from the Department of Corrections that are used in the performance of such contracts.
OCI was established in the mid-1970s, however, was all but destroyed during a prison riot at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in 1973. Since then, the program has grown significantly to include 14 operations including 2 partnerships, across 10 facilities employing approximately 600 inmates.
OCI has 13 locations across the State of Oklahoma with 18 Factories and three PIECEP, historically averaging an employment base of 1200 offenders.
OCI offers over 1500 standard products as well as thousands of customizable variations. Call customer service for details. OCI is also involved in recycling paper, cardboard, and pallets. In addition, OCI recycles ink cartridges for its own use.
AGRI-SERVICES
The Agri-Services division of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is a self-supporting, multi-faceted agricultural operation that encompasses over 15,900 acres of range land, woodlands, and cropland located at ten sites across the State of Oklahoma. Beginning as a program included with the OCI program, Agri-Services became self-supporting in the 2000's and has grown into the wide-ranging agricultural operation it is today. Agri-Services manages a meat processing center, and a dairy/milk processing facility, which reduces inmate food costs to the ODOC and ultimately to the taxpayers of Oklahoma. Primary income generators for the Agri-Services division include the sales of livestock, meat, milk, canned and frozen foods, fresh vegetables, small grains, pecans, firewood, and leather goods. The Agri-Services division manages over 3,700 head of beef cattle on ten farm units, and one unit with over 200 nanny goats, across 10,312 acres of pasture, 3,191 acres are woodlands, 1,701 acres are cropland, and 763 acres dedicated to buildings, roads, lagoons, and rivers.
OUR MISSION
Oklahoma Correctional Industries is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. OCI utilizes offender labor, along with salaried supervisors and administrative staff, to provide various products and services to qualified customers throughout the state of Oklahoma. The concept of prison work programs is not a new one and the Oklahoma program has operated in some form since shortly after statehood. The industries program in Oklahoma was all but destroyed during a prison riot at the state penitentiary in 1973. The program, as it stands today, was established in the mid-1970's and has grown significantly to include 23 operations located within nine state correctional facilities. OCI employs approximately 72 salaried personnel and an average of 1050 offender personnel. Current plans for expansion of OCI operations and product lines ensure continued future growth and employment.
The Major Goal of OCI is to provide HOPE for the future.
Helping the offender worker to learn the work ethics needed to function in a productive career by providing meaningful employment during their period of incarceration.
Oklahoma made products and services built with pride, confidence, and know-how that Oklahoma workers are famous for providing.
Providing the offender worker a useful skill with the hope that it will be utilized after the term of incarceration has been completed.
Economically, conserving taxpayer's money by providing quality products and services to eligible customers at competitive market prices.
While the Oklahoma industries program is extensive, it costs the taxpayers of this state absolutely nothing. Oklahoma Correctional Industries is entirely self-supporting. The salaries of all administrators, factory superintendents, sales representatives, support personnel, and offender workers are paid with monies generated from the sale of OCI products and services rather than state appropriated funds. In addition to salaries, all equipment and materials required for production is purchased from these revenues.
Section 549.1 and Title 57 of the Oklahoma State Statute authorizes Oklahoma Correctional Industries' activities. A complete copy of this law can be found under - About Us - Procurement Schedule. This statute requires all state agencies to consult with OCI prior to the purchase of the products or services. If OCI is able to provide a comparable product or service, at a competitive price in a reasonable amount of time, the agency is required to purchase the product from OCI. Additionally, all counties, districts, cities, or any related subdivision thereof, schools, or any other charitable not-for-profit organization may place direct orders for goods and services from OCI without utilizing the competitive bid process.
Oklahoma Correctional Industries is dedicated to providing quality products and services at reasonable prices with a prompt delivery schedule. This catalog has been designed to make it as easy as possible to order from OCI. We are constantly growing and expanding to meet the needs of our customers and to employ more offender workers and from time to time, we will issue supplemental pages with additional products and services as well as specification and price changes for existing product lines.
