Some jails in the state have faced ongoing issues with detainee deaths and poor inspection results. State inspectors ruled most county jails didn’t comply with the standards in 2024.
Police credit Flock cameras with reducing violent crime. But after millions spent, the data tells a murkier story — and the system may violate the law.
State and federal officials are calling on the state Legislature to impose production limits on marijuana farms.
John Fitzgerald Hanson had been in federal prison serving time for bank robbery instead of Oklahoma’s death row. Then Trump took office.
Wendell Grissom was sentenced to death for shooting Amber Dawn Matthews during a home invasion in 2005.
Do you have information about sexual assault and harassment in prison? We want to hear from you.
Robert Bates went to prison. Sheriff Stanley Glanz was indicted and ended a storied career in disgrace. The scandal that rocked Tulsa and the country.
Records show one Oklahoma women’s prison rarely substantiated abuse allegations or forwarded cases for criminal prosecution. Victims sometimes fear reprisal from other prisoners and staff.
