OKLAHOMA (KFOR ... employees are now speaking out against the ODOC and calling for change inside the state prison system. They are hoping to be a voice for current employees.

Cynthia Butler has started a petition, the same way she did in 2022 when trying to bring body cameras into the state's ...

The Department of Corrections is facing tough questions from lawmakers as the agency lays out its budget request.

Oklahoma is past its former title of top incarcerator in the world, though progress moving down the national rankings has plateaued. The state reduced its prison population by 2.9% in 2023, ...

Governor Kevin Stitt (R) said some illegal immigrants in Oklahoma state prisons have committed crimes so heinous that he will not sign off on their release to be deported by Immigration and ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Efforts to bring back the prison rodeo to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary will continue during the Legislature’s upcoming session. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Governor Kevin Stitt (R) said some illegal immigrants in Oklahoma state prisons have committed crimes so heinous that he will not sign off on their release to be deported by ...

Lisa had returned home from work when she found her husband dead inside and the room where ... their life sentences. In 2024, state lawmakers passed the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act, allowing ...