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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC or ODOC) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison system. It has its headquarters in Oklahoma City, [2] across the street from the headquarters of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. The Board of Corrections are appointees: five members ...
Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center (inmate capacity 501) North Fork Correctional Center; Oklahoma State Penitentiary; William S. Key Correctional Center; Clara Waters Community Corrections Center; Enid Community Corrections Center; Kate Barnard Community Corrections Center (inmate capacity 260), closed in 2021 [1] Lawton Community ...
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [ 1 ] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates.
The Oklahoma County commissioners recently picked the site at 1901 E Grand Blvd. near Del City to be the home of the new jail. After listening to pushback from Del City leaders and area citizens ...
The new lawsuit is the second filed this year in Oklahoma County District Court over an inmate's death. Andrew Avelar, 27, of Midwest City, died on Feb. 26, 2022, after being taking to a hospital.
The Oklahoma County jail has had its second inmate death of 2024. Jack Raymond Alexander Jr. died at a hospital Sunday two days after he was found attempting to hang himself in his cell, the jail ...
Oklahoma Department of Corrections - Oklahoma State Reformatory The Oklahoma State Reformatory is a medium-security facility with some maximum and minimum-security housing for adult male inmates. Located off of State Highway 9 in Granite, Oklahoma , the 10-acre (4.0 ha) facility has a maximum capacity of 1042 inmates.
Oklahoma County jail still faces many of the same problems it had when it opened. Overcrowding has eased. But the trust has faced many of the same problems sheriffs had dealt with since the 13 ...