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Tulsa police use non-lethal force on Black people far more than anyone else in the city, but TPD officials argue there is legitimacy to when officers choose to use force.
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health has issued an order requiring the Oklahoma County jail to allow inspectors into the facility with no advanced notice.
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The latest failed inspection comes after jail staff refused to let the Oklahoma State Department of Health inside Tuesday morning.
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The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has scheduled Emmanuel Littlejohn’s execution for Sept. 26.
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The Oklahoma County Detention Center failed to meet state health standards last week after facility staff refused to let inspectors inside.
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Rojem was sentenced to death for the murder of his seven-year-old former stepdaughter in the 1980s. He was denied a recommendation of clemency earlier this month.
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Oklahoma executed its second person of the year Thursday morning.
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The Board of Corrections on Wednesday agreed to a one-year contract with The GEO Group, which operates a Lawton prison.
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David Coker required hospitalization for head trauma after a correctional officer turned his back and let prisoners assault him.
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This year, for the first time, the Homeless Alliance and Open Justice Oklahoma decided to fill in some of those gaps and see how many unhoused people were being overlooked in the county jail.
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The Oklahoma City Council voted 7-1 against the proposed site for the new county jail following a public hearing.
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Efforts to reestablish a prison rodeo appear to be stalled.
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Seven state prisoners who were locked in three-by-three foot shower stalls at the Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton last August are suing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, alleging their prolonged confinement in cramped and unsanitary conditions amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
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After a similar bill stalled in the legislature last year, a bill that seeks to provide sentencing reform for victims of domestic violence is one step closer to becoming law.