North Fork Correctional Facility

North Fork Correctional Facility
Location 1605 East Main Street, Sayre, Oklahoma
Security class medium security
Capacity 2400
Managed by Corrections Corporation of America
Director William Sherrod

North Fork Correctional Facility is a medium-security correctional facility for men located east of Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma. The prison has been owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America since 1998, and currently houses prisoners from California state.[1][2] It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from downtown Sayre.[3]

History

It was built for $37 million. This prison had 1,440 prisoners and 270 employees as of 2001, and that year Peter T. Kilborn of The New York Times wrote that the prison "is responsible for lifting Sayre's spirits and reigniting its economy."[3]

The facility housed just under 1,000 prisoners from the state of Wisconsin until August 2003, when Wisconsin ended the contract over a dispute about high long-distance telephone rates involving the prison contractor, the town of Sayre, and telecommunications provider AT&T. (The prisoners were transferred to CCA's nearby Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma.)[4]

In October 2011 a riot involving inmates from California state resulted in 46 prisoners hurt, with 16 of those sent to local hospitals.[5] A subsequent prisoners' lawsuit sought to blame the disturbance on poorly trained guards and "reckless understaffing".[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://cca.com/facilities/north-fork-correctional-facility#
  2. ↑ http://www.ok.gov/doc/Organization/Field_Operations/Private_Prison_&_Jail_Administration/North_Fork_Correctional_Facility.html
  3. 1 2 Kilborn, Peter T. "Rural Towns Turn to Prisons To Reignite Their Economies." The New York Times. August 1, 2001. Retrieved on April 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kilborn, Peter T. "A Small Town Loses Its Prisoners and Livelihood." The New York Times. October 13, 2003. Retrieved on April 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/12/us-prison-riot-oklahoma-idUSTRE79B03E20111012
  6. ↑ http://newsok.com/two-years-after-oklahoma-riot-inmates-file-suit-against-private-prison-company/article/3892524

Coordinates: 35°17′38″N 99°36′46″W / 35.29391°N 99.61282°W / 35.29391; -99.61282

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