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In Robert C. Patton, Oklahoma is getting a new corrections director from Arizona who is more than willing to use private prisons as a means to deal with…
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An Oklahoma House committee has approved legislation to abolish the state Board of Corrections and hand its duties over to the agency's director.The House…
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Oklahoma officials say they have no plans to review the state's execution protocol after two inmates given lethal injections this month made complaints as…
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State corrections officials say an inmate has died at the Oklahoma State Reformatory.Officials say the inmate was found Wednesday morning in his cell with…
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The Pardon and Parole Board hopes a new Department of Corrections executive director will be receptive to their request to move clemency hearings to the…
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The Oklahoma Board of Corrections is looking at three options to deal with overcrowding at the state’s prison facilities: expanding public prisons,…
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The Oklahoma Board of Corrections this week is interviewing candidates who want to be the next director of the state's prison system.The seven-member…
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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is seeking an additional $31.5 million in next year's budget to help manage the state's growing prison…
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The Pardon and Parole Board can continue its practice of treating some offenders’ crimes as violent even though the offenses are not included in two…
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Several years ago, legislators in both Oklahoma and North Carolina began taking steps to address rising incarceration rates.The number of incarcerated…