State Department of Corrections

If you’re a state inmate and win cash in a lawsuit, the Department of Corrections has the right to pay debts on your behalf.But there’s a possible wrinkle…

A former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be the new interim director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The Board of…

Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton announced his resignation earlier this month, and he’ll begin taking leave at the end of this…

The director of Oklahoma's prison system is the second high-ranking official to step down amid an investigation into a series of botched executions in the…

Autopsy records show Oklahoma death row inmate Charles Warner received the wrong drug during his January lethal injection. That means the last three…

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections currently has 99 offenders categorized as fugitives, but most of those are from work-release programs, halfway…

The 55th Oklahoma Legislature wrapped up its first session a little over two weeks ago on May 22, one week ahead of the constitutionally required deadline…

The 55th session of the Oklahoma Legislature adjourned for the year late Friday afternoon, quietly ending four months’ worth of fighting over money,…

Governor Mary Fallin signed legislation Monday allowing judicial discretion for a number of nonviolent crimes.House Bill 1518, known as the Justice Safety…

The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that it's unconstitutional to require counties to use county revenue to house state…