The backlog at county jails has increased 74% since 2021.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections on Friday became the owner of the Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility, ending the state’s use of private prison contracts.

Former death row inmate Richard Glossip will remain in jail while he awaits a third trial in his high-profile murder case, according to Oklahoma County court records.

Last week, the Oklahoma City Council approved the police department’s request to purchase AI facial comparison technology. The company providing the technology has been involved in a nationwide class-action lawsuit over biometric privacy.

A man who faced execution nine times and had his conviction vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court is asking a judge to enforce what he says is an agreement between him and the state’s attorney general that could set him free immediately.

The council voted 7-2 to authorize law firm Collins, Zorn, and Wagner’s representation of former OKCPD officer Joseph Gibson, who threw a 71-year-old man named Lich Vu to the ground during a traffic stop in October of last year.

Facing increasing pressure to dissolve, the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority voted unanimously on Friday to launch a formal review of its performance.

Federal appellate judges are reconsidering what will happen next for Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma's death row.

An Oklahoma County judge has yet to decide if Richard Glossip will be released on bail while he waits to be retried for murder.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections will spend about $74 million over two years to outsource its food service operations to the Trinity Services Group, a Florida-based company that feeds more than 300,000 prisoners and pretrial detainees daily.

An Oklahoma appeals court ordered a stay of execution be lifted for death row inmate John Hanson, making way for him to receive a lethal injection Thursday.

Oklahoma prosecutors will retry former death row inmate Richard Glossip for murder but won't pursue the death penalty, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Monday.