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Oklahoma County Sheriff's OfficeOklahoma County officials are considering how to pay for a new jail, including the first sales tax the county has ever seen. -
Keaton Ross/Oklahoma WatchThe Great Plains Correctional Facility reopened in May 2023, but the private company that manages the facility has refused to pay the town nearly $1 million in outstanding prisoner per diems.
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Ahead of a death row inmate’s execution date next month, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to recommend clemency. -
Oklahoma County convicted killer Emmanuel A. Littlejohn on Wednesday is expected to ask the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to recommend clemency. -
More than a year after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter, a former Oklahoma State Representative was sentenced to over three years in federal prison. -
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. -
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. -
The latest failed inspection comes after jail staff refused to let the Oklahoma State Department of Health inside Tuesday morning. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
David Coker required hospitalization for head trauma after a correctional officer turned his back and let prisoners assault him.
