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So far, Oklahoma County only has offered to buy a piece of property near SW 54 and Newcastle Road from the Oklahoma City Airport Trust for $2.5 million, hoping to build the new jail there.
New county jail projects like Oklahoma County's would face increased distance requirements. House Bill 3758 would impact any new city, county or state correctional building built after Nov. 1.
Speakers discussed prison conditions in Oklahoma and expressed concern for safety, but the Department of Corrections said they’ve made improvements
Data showed the number of jail admissions in 2022 was 44% lower than it was in 2015, but showed the percentage of the jail's detainees who are Black climbed to 44% in 2022, compared to just 39% ...
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.
Incarceration in Oklahoma includes state prisons and county and city jails. Oklahoma has the second highest state incarceration rate in the United States. [1] Oklahoma is the second in women's incarceration in the United States. [citation needed] After becoming a state in 1907, the first prisons were opened and reform began. [non sequitur]
Sue Ann Arnall was one of the original nine members of a trust formed in 2019 to operate the Oklahoma County jail. She was the last to leave.
Oklahoma County could lose $40 million in federal funds to build a jail-adjacent health center, a letter to Oklahoma's Congressional delegation states.