Dick Conner Correctional Center

Dick Conner Correctional Center (DCCC)
Location in Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°28′07″N 96°23′40″W / 36.4685°N 96.3945°W / 36.4685; -96.3945Coordinates: 36°28′07″N 96°23′40″W / 36.4685°N 96.3945°W / 36.4685; -96.3945
Status Operational
Security class Minimum and Medium
Capacity 1,167[1]
Population 1,157 (as of April 10, 2017[1])
Opened 1979 (1979)
Managed by Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Warden Janet Dowling
Street address 129 Conner Road
City Hominy, Oklahoma
ZIP Code 74035-0220
Country USA
Website ok.gov/doc/Organization/Field_Operations/Region_I/Dick_Conner_Correctional_Center.html

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.[2]

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 400 to 500 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 $3 million in damage had been done.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Oklahoma Department of Corrections (10 April 2017). "Incarcerated Inmates and Community Supervision Offenders Daily Count Sheet" (PDF). Oklahoma Department of Corrections: 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Dick Conner Correctional Center Page Archived 2013-04-03 at the Wayback Machine., Oklahoma Department of Corrections Website (accessed March 31, 2013)
  3. ↑ 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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