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Interim director outlines staffing shortfalls, technology upgrades and rising population at Oklahoma County Detention Center
Summary
Interim director Greg Timmons told the Citizens Advisory Board that staff pay and retention are the detention center’s top operational challenges, described technology and facility upgrades under way, and said daily bookings and average length of stay have trended up this year. The board accepted the monthly report by unanimous vote.
Interim director Greg Timmons told the Oklahoma County Citizens Advisory Board that pay and staffing shortfalls are impairing recruitment and retention at the county detention center and that the facility’s average daily bookings and length of stay have trended upward this year.
Timmons said the county ranks “number 6 within the state” on a recent pay comparison and that the center is losing staff: “We constantly lose people to other facilities or other jobs even because of what our pay is.” He reported an overall loss rate of about 23% across positions and roughly 31% in detention-only positions and said the center has lost more than 1,000 employees since 2020.
The report outlined several operational responses. The facility plans an academy beginning Sept. 8 with eight weeks of classroom training plus two weeks of on-the-job instruction, partnerships with regional colleges (including a corrections internship with UCO,…
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