Eight nurses are the overwhelming majority of employees who remain at Haskell County Community Hospital. The future of the 25-bed hospital, which has been whittled down to operating only an emergency room since 2019, is increasingly grim.
In a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19, the Oklahoma prison system has locked its doors to newly sentenced prisoners from county jails from around the state.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that life without parole should be reserved for only juveniles who are incapable of rehabilitation. Oklahoma has lagged behind in reviewing these cases under new legal standards.
“What’s happening out there is just ugly,” Former Oklahoma DOC director Joe Allbaugh said. “There’s no other way to describe it.”
Michael Hoeppner wasn’t high or drunk — just deathly ill. He died in an Oklahoma jail without medical treatment.
Between 2012 and 2017, Commerce Bank acquired more than $22.2 million in Oklahoma historic rehabilitation tax credits. Although a Legislative task force and a state commission have recommended reforming the program, state lawmakers have never followed through.
