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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 ...
Lincoln County is a county in eastern Central Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458. [2] Its county seat is Chandler. [3] Lincoln County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK metropolitan statistical area. [4] In 2010, the center of population of Oklahoma was in Lincoln County, near the town of Sparks. [5]
In 1973, a three-day riot resulted in the destruction of most of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and the death of three inmates. [4] In 1976, the first training academy was established in Oklahoma City. [3] On 29 August 1983, the Dick Conner Correctional Center was hit by a riot that resulted in an inmate death. [5]
Oklahoma has one of the highest incarceration rates when compared to other NATO countries. A 2018 study found that Oklahoma's incarceration rate per 100,000 citizens was 1,079. The national average for the United States was 698, and countries like Italy, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, and Iceland all had rates below 100 inmates per ...
Warwick is located in western Lincoln County. Interstate 44 runs through the north side of the town, with access from Exit 158, 2 miles (3 km) west of the town center. Oklahoma State Highway 66 runs through the center of the Warwick town limits, passing south of the residential portion of the town.
Chandler (Meskwaki: Chêninêheki) [5] is a city in, and the county seat of, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. [6] and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 2,858 at the time of the 2020 census. [7] Chandler is located northeast of Oklahoma City on SH-66 and I-44, and north of Shawnee on SH-18.
Rossville is a community in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States, on US Highway 177. The community had a post office from October 7, 1895, until February 15, 1907. Per Oklahoma Place Names it was named for Ross Thomas, a local resident. The community consists of a store, a church, and several residential dwellings.