[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-443303-105":59,"doc-detail-443303-en":131},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":124,"head_meta":126,"extra_data":128,"updated_unix":130},105,"en","oklahoma-prisons-chief-outlines-state-master-plan-implementation-the-interview","OKLAHOMA PRISONS CHIEF OUTLINES STATE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION - The Interview","","An exclusive 1975 interview with Dr. Ned Benton, director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, outlines implementation of an Oklahoma Corrections Master Plan. Key initiatives include prison industries consolidation under a central office, a new probation and parole classifications system, a proposed Uniform Sentencing Act, and unit management to increase institution security. Benton describes how private-industry employment for inmates can pay part of incarceration costs via regular wages and inmate savings used for restitution and family support.",{"@graph":69,"@context":123},[70,84,106],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":35,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/healthcare/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/oklahoma-prisons-chief-outlines-state-master-plan-implementation-the-interview/443303/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/oklahoma-prisons-chief-outlines-state-master-plan-implementation-the-interview/443303.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Riley","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-30","2026-09-29",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":105},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",12,{"@type":107,"mainEntity":108},"FAQPage",[109,115,119],{"name":110,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":112},"Who is Dr. Ned Benton and what role does he describe for himself in Oklahoma corrections?","Question",{"text":113,"@type":114},"Dr. Ned Benton is the director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, appointed to lead implementation of the master plan and build a management team. He explains how he intends to make Oklahoma’s corrections system achieve better outcomes and become more self-supporting.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"What innovations does Benton say are planned for prison industries and sentencing?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"He describes consolidating prison industries under a central Office of Oklahoma Prison Industries and changing probation and parole classifications. He also notes a Uniform Sentencing Act is expected to be considered by the legislature.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"How does Benton propose prison industries would help offset the cost of incarceration?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"He says inmates could work for private industry near prisons on private land at a regular wage. By having inmates earn wages, paying room and board, and using surplus for savings—then restitution or family welfare—the system would begin paying for itself.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},443303,1790763038,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":34,"category_name":35,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":140,"language":141,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":142,"faqs":143,"seo_title":144,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":145,"read_time":146,"preview_page_count":4},1374391975076,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/14000253ca4ec9f6853?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1783305029341752051","RICHARD J.0CONNELL,Publisher  \nVol.6 No.23  \nSpecial Report..  \nPublished bi-weekly by Washington Crime News Services  \n# OKLAHOMA PRISONS CHIEF OUTLINESSTATE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION\n\nPrison Industries,Parole Board,Sentencing All To Get Face Lift  \nTo Benefit The Department,Inmates,The Taxpayers and Private Industry'  \nLast week,Corrections Digest interviewedDr.Ned Benton,the 27-year-old director of theOklahoma Department of Corrections who was ap-pointed to the position in August with full author-ity to fill the top 17 management positions in thedepartment and build his own team.  \nBenton came to Oklahoma from the NationalClearinghouse for Criminal Justice Planning andArchitecture where he was director of planning.Inthat capacity he contributed greatly to the writingof the Oklahoma Corrections Master Plan andsimilar plans for Mississippi,South Carolina andNevada.  \n\"I have challenged myself considerablyIfIhad known I would be faced with implementingthe master plan I helped write,I might have beenless vigorous in my proposals,\"Benton told CDonly half-jokingly.  \nCORRECTIONTS  \n● Prison Management TechniquesDICEST● Training and Career Development● Rehabilitation and Treatment Concepts● Parole and Probation Trends  \nA Complete Information Exchange for the Rehabilitation and Correction Professional  \n703-941-6600.$60 per year;multi-copy rates and 30-day trial subscription available on request.  \nNovember 26,1975  \n● Community Guidance Programs  \n● Literature and Products  \nNANCY VAN WYEN,Subscription Director  \n7620 Little River Turnpike,Annandale,Virginia 22003.Phone  \nID3ACY  \nISTEY证TE SLHD  \nBEEML  \nPage 1  \nDEC 161975  \nBT  \nitěe!Scliiter  \nsenér:I  \nDavid Boren and grass roots conviction in Okla-  \nhoma that prisons must change,Benton hasbegun implementing the master plan.In the fol-lowing exclusive interview,the nation's youngestcorrections director explains how he intends tomake Oklahoma's corrections system \"the best inthe nation\"and make it help pay for itself alongthe way.  \n(Continued on Page 2)  \n# Oklahoma's Ned Benton InterviewedJob Listings-\n\nHigh Inmate Dyslexia ClaimedBreakout Artist Gets 20 More YearsReported 1974 Crime Rate Up 18 PercentCorrections Briefs-  \nPrison Pen Pal Program Begun In OhioRikers Island Riot Ends;Guards ProtestLegal Aid To Prison Pros Urged By ABAUpcoming Events-9llinois Program Cuts Officer Turnover  \n# The Interview\n\nQ.Dr.Benton,what specific innovations doyou have in mind for the Oklahoma Department ofCorrections?  \nA.The governor has included in his upcom-ing crime message support for legislation toauthorize a change in our prison industries system,whereby we expect to be able to substantiallydefray the cost of incarceration.The plan,whichhas already been approved by the House-SenatePublic Safety and Penal Affairs Committee,callsfor consolidation of all prison industries under acentral Office of Oklahoma Prison Industries.  \nWe are also implementing a new classificationsystem in probation and parole,the legislaturewill soon consider a Uniform Sentencing Act weare confident will be approved,unit managementis being introduced department-wide to increaseinstitution security and three new institutionsat Lexington,Tulsa and Oklahoma City are inthe works.  \nQ.You said your plan for prison industriesis to make them help pay the cost of incarcera-tion,how would that plan operate?  \nA.It would operate to the benefit of thecorrections department,the inmates,the taxpayersand private industry.Legislation now under con-sideration would allow industry to locate nearexisting prisons on private land and employ in-mates at a regular wage under normal workingconditions.Our new institutions will be built inprime areas for industrial development.  \nUnder the plan,an inmate working for pri-vate industry would make between $3 and $4 anhour,or about $24 to $32 a day.It costs us bet-ween $12 and $15 a day to incarcerate an inmate.By helping the prisoner to earn a regular wageand charging him for his room an","cbCaikdaqme66fET","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikdaqme66fET","pdf",2931953,11,"English","# The Interview\n## Strategic Locations","[{\"question\":\"Who is Dr. Ned Benton and what role does he describe for himself in Oklahoma corrections?\",\"answer\":\"Dr. Ned Benton is the director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, appointed to lead implementation of the master plan and build a management team. He explains how he intends to make Oklahoma’s corrections system achieve better outcomes and become more self-supporting.\"},{\"question\":\"What innovations does Benton say are planned for prison industries and sentencing?\",\"answer\":\"He describes consolidating prison industries under a central Office of Oklahoma Prison Industries and changing probation and parole classifications. He also notes a Uniform Sentencing Act is expected to be considered by the legislature.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Benton propose prison industries would help offset the cost of incarceration?\",\"answer\":\"He says inmates could work for private industry near prisons on private land at a regular wage. By having inmates earn wages, paying room and board, and using surplus for savings—then restitution or family welfare—the system would begin paying for itself.\"}]","OKLAHOMA PRISONS CHIEF OUTLINES STATE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION - The Interview | PDF",1790703564,28]