Oklahoma Forensic Center to expand, adding capacity, 100 new jobs

Summary:

– OFC in Vinita to add 84 new beds this fall, growing to 352 total.

– About 100 positions in nursing, mental health and support services open.

– Expansion aims to reduce wait times and meet consent decree requirements.

VINITA — The Oklahoma Forensic Center is hiring 100 new workers in advance of a major expansion expected to open this fall.

OFC provides forensic evaluations and psychiatric treatment for pretrial defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial and houses individuals found not guilty by reason of insanity. It also provides both in- and out-patient evaluations of competency across all 77 counties in Oklahoma.

Already the largest inpatient behavioral health facility in the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services system with 268 b