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Every day, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh sits at his desk and tries to make a severely overcrowded, understaffed prison system…

For Oklahoma inmates, the state’s legalization of medical marijuana will not translate into access in the state prison system.Marijuana of any type will…

For Robin Wertz, the wait will be long before she can cast a ballot at an Oklahoma polling place.Wertz, who runs a nonprofit center in Oklahoma City that…

The estate of a 16-year-old boy who committed suicide in a Muskogee juvenile detention center has filed a lawsuit against multiple government agencies and…

The estate of a 16-year-old boy who committed suicide in a Muskogee juvenile detention center has filed a lawsuit against multiple government agencies and…

Baby Roman is just waking up from his afternoon nap and now he’s looking for a toy. His grandfather, Frank McCarrell, is trying to distract him from the…

This story was updated April 17.Oklahoma’s prison population will continue to grow in the years ahead — the only question is how much.A marquee slate of…

Oklahoma’s Board of Corrections unanimously approved leasing a private prison in Sayre and consolidating 15 work release centers across the state…

Editor's note: The House gave final legislative approval to this bill on a 90-0 vote Monday, and it now goes to Gov. Mary Fallin's desk.A bill moving…

Each morning, Justus SkylerCobbs wakes up inside the Oklahoma Department of Corrections’ mental health unit, housed inside Joseph Harp Correctional Center…