Oklahoma County data show diversion programs lower recidivism. Now, justice system stakeholders are calling for collaboration to expand those services to rural residents.

Since 2021, Oklahoma sheriff turnover audits have identified more than 3,000 unaccounted-for items across county departments statewide, including guns, vehicles, Tasers and, in some cases, refrigerators and meat slicers.

Verna Stafford was denied parole on Tuesday by Gov. Kevin Stitt. She's the last living perpetrator of the infamous Sirloin Stockade massacre.

Oklahoma is releasing more people from prison, but a patchwork of local housing policies, blanket criminal record bans and minimal reentry support is leaving many unable to find stable housing after release.

Oklahoma County killer James D. Pavatt is set to die Nov. 12 by lethal injection.

Oklahoma prison inmates are working in call centers placing political calls and insurance telemarketing on behalf of outside companies, earning $2 an hour while a Virginia super PAC paid nearly $600,000 to the vendor for calls supporting conservative candidates — including calls made during Oklahoma's primary election season.

Last week, the Tenth Circuit Court declined to rehear the case of the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row. Now, her defense is planning to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Oklahoma County commissioners have another sales tax proposal to fund the construction and operation of a new county jail to consider.

There is no statewide standard for non-traffic offenses, leaving the price of pretrial freedom to depend largely on geography, individual judges and local politics.

The Oklahoma County jail is reporting a statistical decrease of in-custody deaths, based on a rolling average over a yearlong period.

The Pardon and Parole Board on Tuesday rejected the clemency request for a man facing execution after he told the board he did not deserve nor want clemency.

Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges.