jail

Conditions have become so dangerous at the Hughes County jail that the newly elected district attorney said it is no longer safe for detention officers or detainees and should be shut down.

Students from OU’s Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture have created a redesign of the Oklahoma County Jail to shift focus from punishment to rehabilitation.

For Oklahomans accused of low-level crimes like possessing small amounts of drugs or public intoxication, getting out of jail free while the case is…

A legal challenge, partly spearheaded by Oklahoma leaders, has blocked the federal government from setting limits on how much inmates and their families…

Friction between the state's new prisons director and some county sheriffs is flaring up because of a pair of bills in the state Legislature.Robert Patton…

Authorities are investigating after a 23-year-old inmate was found dead in her cell at the Pontotoc County jail.Sheriff John Christian says a jailer…