Why Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board wants the AG to weigh in on medical parole statute

A letter sent to Attorney General Gentner Drummond inquires whether the board’s executive director may place an inmate on a ...
Tulsa World

Corrections Board mulls fixes for Oklahoma prison crowding

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Board of Corrections is looking at three options to deal with crowding at the state's prison facilities: expanding public prisons, contracting for more private-prison beds ...

Family of Oklahoma inmate on death row pleads for clemency

Family members and others are arguing for clemency in the death penalty case of Tremane Wood, the Oklahoma City man convicted ...

After 40 years, Oklahoma man's family hopes for a chance at his release from prison

After serving more than four decades for first degree-murder, Mann is in poor health. He turned 70 during a recent hospital ...
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Another private prison could reopen as ICE detention center in Oklahoma

Another privately owned facility in Oklahoma could soon reopen as an immigration detention center. The state Board of Corrections is meeting on Wednesday to vote on a contract to reopen the ...