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Oklahoma’s prisons have long been overcrowded and underfunded. For example, the state’s three women’s prisons are at 129 percent of capacity.To make…
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The State of Oklahoma imprisons twice as many women as any other state, reports The Atlantic. A recent documentary made by two filmmakers working on…
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The State of Oklahoma will not execute any inmates in 2017.As KOKH reports, this year marks the third straight year that the death chamber has remained…
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Overcrowding in Oklahoma’s prisons is still a major problem as the dog days of summer approach, and state Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh…
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New criminal justice laws in Oklahoma, approved by voters last November, went into effect last week but as Oklahoma Watch reports, the laws are still…
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The number of incarcerated inmates in Oklahoma has reached 62,000, reports The Norman Transcript. The state’s prisons are currently at 109% capacity. Back…
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Over the next decade, Oklahoma will need three more prisons if the state doesn’t take action to constrain the prison population, which as The Oklahoman…
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Oklahoma continues to lead the nation in incarceration rates for women, reports News on 6. As a matter of fact, the state appears to be leaving the…
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Oklahoma’s inmate population is growing far too fast, according to News OK. Since 1980, the state’s prison population grew 14 times faster than the…