Keaton Ross
Keaton Ross is a Report for America corps member who covers democracy for Oklahoma Watch.
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The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board can’t sidestep the Department of Corrections in determining medical parole eligibility, the attorney general’s office decided last month. -
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has spent millions on body cameras with the stated goal of increasing transparency, but is refusing to release recordings to the public. -
Reduced prison phone call rates that benefited incarcerated Oklahomans and their families from February through August are unlikely to return. -
Former Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe approved a million-dollar deal with a private vendor in early April to install AI call monitoring software in seven state prisons. -
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections might soon have a long-forbidden security tool at its disposal. -
A June 30 FCC order cleared the way for phone call rates, and commission payments to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, to increase. -
State officials envision drones, call monitoring and AI technologies as the future of Oklahoma prisons, but advocates worry the tools create risks that extend beyond incarceration. -
As federal spending on immigrant enforcement and detention soars, a private prison company is advertising detention officer positions at vacant prisons in Watonga and Sayre. -
The backlog at county jails has increased 74% since 2021.
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Oklahoma lobbyists spent more than $220,000 on food and beverages for lawmakers during the 2025 legislative session.
