Oklahoma prisons

Months after a deal to end a class-action lawsuit over treatment for people with severe mental illness, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health still can't provide an accurate count of how many people are waiting in jail for treatment and for how long, consultants found.

Oklahoma leaders are backing a federal proposal that would let state prisons jam cellphone signals, saying it's the best way to keep contraband devices from fueling crime from behind bars.

Oklahoma's next execution may not go forward as originally planned. Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking Oklahoma's appeals court to switch the order of people scheduled to be killed.

State officials envision drones, call monitoring and AI technologies as the future of Oklahoma prisons, but advocates worry the tools create risks that extend beyond incarceration.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections finalized the purchase of the state's last private prison Friday morning, after concerns about its safety continued to surface.

As some of Oklahoma's older privately owned prisons are eyed as opportunities for expanding federal immigration detention capacity, one Oklahoma think tank aims to remind residents why more privatized incarceration is a bad deal for them and the state.

Independent consultants cite delays and poor communication from the Department of Mental Health as people with serious mental illness wait in jail for treatment.

George John Hanson was executed in McAlester, Oklahoma Thursday morning, following his recent transfer to the state by the Trump administration.

A judge is fining the state for failing to treat mentally ill defendants stuck in county jails. With a court-ordered deadline approaching, public defenders and advocates say the system remains overwhelmed, underfunded and unresponsive.

A bill mandating yearly inspections and establishing minimum standards for Oklahoma's county detention centers was signed into state law by Gov. Kevin Stitt Monday.