The Oklahoma Department of Corrections will take over the privately run Lawton Correctional Facility on July 25, aiming to ...

The contract, which includes an initial two-year term and three one-year options to renew, allots Trinity just over $5 per ...

Rep. Justin "J.J." Humphrey has sued t Department of Corrections, its leaders and House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, alleging ...

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals lifted a district court's stay of execution for John Hanson, allowing his execution on ...

Oklahoma legislators heard a too-often-told ... concerns about staff shortages and horrible conditions in the state prison system. Six speakers at an interim study that focused on the prisons ...

the Oklahoma Department of Corrections reported a system-wide population topping 23,000 on Jan. 6, 2025. In 2024, only about 20% of people with violent charges were recommended for parole, and only a ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has agreed to purchase the Lawton Correctional Facility from the GEO Group, bringing ...

Whenever the new system starts, mail must be sent ... sign up for our daily newsletter by clicking here. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) announced a new digital mail platform for ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is on ... people do not suddenly change their ways when they enter into the prison system. They will continue to be aggressive, a drug addict, a sexual ...

and a new collaboration in Oklahoma is working to expand those services. State leaders said there are too many gaps in health care services for people transitioning from the prison system back ...

“I am not the only woman in an Oklahoma prison who is a survivor of domestic violence — far from it,” Wilkens wrote. “Our legal system must account for the circumstances behind every ...