June 7, 2016
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections, DOC, is hosting a career fair (tomorrow) (Wednesday) in order to fill immediate positions at the North Fork Correctional Center in Sayre.
DOC Director of Communications, Terri Watkins says over 200 jobs will be filled in the next couple of weeks at the facility that was tapped about 30 days ago to house an overabundance of state inmates.
The job hiring event will run from 10 am until 3 pm at the prison located on East Main Street in Sayre – on the east of the interstate.
Just over a month ago, on May 5, the state leased the facility from Corrections Corporation of America. The vacant, 2600-bed private prison in western Oklahoma was leased for five years and – in return and in order to financially make the deal work – close 15 regional inmate work centers as part of a consolidation plan approved by the Oklahoma Board of Corrections.
Watkins says one of the great things about the DOC’s reopening of the Sayre facility is all of the great, former employees that are still close by.
Northfork was closed in 2015 after the removal of California inmates from the facility, depleting the entire prison population and effectively closing it.
DOC recruiters are asking prospective employees to bring a resume tomorrow and be prepared to interview on site.
Watkins says for some of the available positions, no prior experience is necessary and interested applicants are encouraged to apply.
She says those that are qualified will probably get a job.
She says after the job fair, top prospects should immediately hear back considering that the DOC wants to start housing prisoners on July 1.
Watkins adds that even if applicants don’t hear back from the DOC by July 1, they could after that. She says not all of the jobs at the prison will be filled by the 1st. Some will be after that time.
More information on all the positions can be found on the DOC’s website at www.ok.gov/doc/#. The job listings and qualifications will be under the North Fork Correctional Center Career Opportunities tab.
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