Dick Conner Correctional Center

Dick Conner Correctional Center

Location	129 Conner Road, Hominy, OK 74035
Security class	medium security
Capacity	1196
Opened	1979
Managed by	Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Director	Terry Martin

Dick Conner Correctional Center is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for men located north of the town of Hominy in Osage County, Oklahoma. The medium-security facility opened in 1979 with an original design capacity of 400, and is named for former Oklahoma State Penitentiary warden and Osage County sheriff R.B. "Dick" Conner. ^[1]

Conner was the site of a significant prison riot on August 29, 1983. A delay in an inmate count developed into a shift in the evening food service schedule, which in turn developed into food shortages. As inmates became more angry and belligerent they defied an attempt to lock down the facility, then four to five hundred prisoners started breaking windows, throwing rocks, and setting fires. By the time order was restored one inmate was dead from a bullet wound, two correctional officers had been injured, and three million dollars in damage had been done.^[2]

References

1. Dick Conner Correctional Center Page, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Website (accessed March 31, 2013)
2. On the Other Side of the Bars: Lessons Learned As a Prison Warden/Administrator, by Dan M. Reynolds, pages 43-45

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