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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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The second of two Oklahoma men who pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime last year has been sentenced.
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Two members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board resigned earlier this summer, officially leaving the board following the August meeting last Tuesday.
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Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna is dismissing an array of criminal charges against seven police officers who shot and killed three people, she announced on Friday.
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State jail inspectors found hundreds of violations in 2022, ranging from faulty smoke detection systems to raw sewage leaking into cells and common areas.
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Ernest Antwine was high and erratic when his mother called Oklahoma City police for help. There was a warrant out for his arrest. Instead of taking him to jail or to the hospital for evaluation, Sgt. Robert Burton abandoned him in “no man’s land.” And that’s where he died.
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Adam Luck said he’s spent the last four years “desperately trying” to not speak in public about his time on Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board.
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As criminal justice reform for criminalized survivors of domestic violence is gaining traction in Oklahoma, some advocates are working to make sure potential reforms are applied to those already incarcerated.
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An Oklahoma death row inmate rejected the opportunity to have a clemency hearing.
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Jimcy McGirt, the man at the center of the landmark Supreme Court ruling, had his federal child rape convictions overturned by a federal appeals court Tuesday.
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As mass shootings plague the country, Tulsa's police chief is comparing the violence to 9/11 and urging a more comprehensive response. OPMX's Max Bryan sat down with Chief Wendell Franklin for StateImpact Oklahoma.
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Cleveland County detention officers failed to perform required safety checks on detainees in critical care the same month two women died waiting for mental health evaluations in the jail, a health inspector found.
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Death row inmate Richard Glossip’s execution has been stayed again, this time by the U.S. Supreme Court, less than two weeks away from his execution date.