Mack Alford Correctional Center

              Mack Alford CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Mack Alford Correctional Center
P.O. Box 220
Stringtown, OK 74569-0220
(580) 346-7301
Division III - Institutions
201 E. Cherokee Avenue
McAlester, OK 74501-5329
(918) 423-4144
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
3400 Martin Luther King Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73111-4298
(405) 425-2500
Produced by the
Executive Communications Office
(as of June 29, 2012)
RACE NO. PERCENT
Caucasian 13,886 53.6%
African American 7,485 28.9%
Native American 2,410 9.3%
Hispanic 1,972 7.6%
Other 136 0.5%
OFFENSE NO. PERCENT
Distribution Drugs 4,702 18.2%
Assault 2,829 10.9%
Poss/Obtain Drugs 2,514 9.7%
Robbery 2,251 8.7%
Opened: August 1956
Location: Stringtown
Security: Medium
Capacity: 805
Gender: Male
Jerry Chrisman
Warden
Tommy Sharp
Interim Deputy Warden
OKLAHOMA
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS History
In the early 1930s, the Mack Alford
Correctional Center was used as a sub-prison
of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
in McAlester, Oklahoma. Offenders
assigned were “trustees” and worked the
farm and cattle. The sub-penitentiary
was established for four basic reasons by
Governor Murray: To separate first term
convicts from the seasoned convicts; to
construct a tubercular ward for segregation;
to provide work for the new convicts; and
to raise food and lower the cost of penal
institutions. At some point in the 1930s,
the offenders were returned to the main
institution and this facility became a federal,
state, and local Venereal Disease Hospital.
Early in the 1940s, the facility was used as a
German Prisoner of War Camp. During the
late 1940s, the State Penitentiary again used
the facility as a sub-prison. In 1948, the
offenders were returned to the main prison
and this facility then became the Stringtown
Training School for White Boys. In August
of 1956, the facility again became an Honor
Farm of the main institution. In 1959, the
Vocational Rehabilitation Schools were
added and the institution became
STANDING PROUD
MISSION
To Protect the Public
To Protect the Employee
To Protect the Offender
VISION
The Department of Corrections will
create a culture that
Empowers Individuals
Encourages Teamwork
Employs Best Practices
Embraces Diversity
Oklahoma Department of Corrections Demographics
Mack Alford Correctional Center Statistics
10/2013