By Cary Aspinwall
Tulsa World
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections won’t consider returning inmates to Avalon Correctional Services’ Tulsa halfway house until significant changes are made to its operations, officials said Thursday.
Interim director Ed Evans told the Board of Corrections that the agency issued several pages of requirements that the private company must address before getting a new contract to repopulate its Avalon Tulsa halfway house.
The mandates include upgrading security cameras, increasing drug testing of offenders and strengthening methods of finding and tracking contraband at the facility. The agency would have an on-site monitor for at least six months and be able to review prospective administrators and other hires for the facility.
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