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Staff inside the Comanche County Detention Center knew they had a problem when the number of prisoners infected with Covid-19 reached 18 in early May. The…
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Lysol is Lavonne Harris’ most powerful weapon against pandemic.The custodian for Shawnee Public Schools is wielding the disinfectant inside her district’s…
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Oklahoma County’s jail is run by the local sheriff, just like most counties in the state.As news headlines about overcrowding, inmate deaths, lawsuits and…
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Control of the state’s largest county jail could be placed under the authority of a public-private trust according to a plan considered Thursday by an…
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Local government has taken another step to improve cooperation between law enforcement and conditions in the Oklahoma County Jail.The Oklahoma City…
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Oklahoma Department of Corrections interim director Joe Allbaugh told his staff Friday to stop sending inmates to the Oklahoma County Jail.The order came…
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Oklahoma County district attorney David Prater has convinced the federal government to take a step back from possible litigation while the county tries to…
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For the past few months a committee has been looking at how to pay for a new Oklahoma County Jail, and made its recommendation on Tuesday.The facility is…
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The sewage problems at the Oklahoma County’s beleaguered jail continue. In an echo of last year, sewage lines at the jail overflowed recently, flooding an…
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On Tuesday the City Council of Oklahoma City approved a revised agreement for the redevelopment of one of downtown’s most historically significant…