The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) is set to launch a dedicated Visitation Unit and a new online application ...

The Nov. 10, 2025, meeting of the Oklahoma County jail trust became another chapter in the body's troubled, and often strange, lore.

WATONGA, Okla. (KFOR) – In their quarterly financial report, CoreCivic, the private prison operator, announced that it did well financially despite the government shutdown. CoreCivic reopened ...

Lawmakers told the Michigan Department of Corrections they can shift $10 million that was appropriated for other purposes, to make the safety fixes. A Senate committee earlier tried to get money for ...

PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) - A Pushmataha County man’s death is now being investigated as a homicide, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. John Roberts, a former Oklahoma ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Reduced prison phone call rates that benefited incarcerated Oklahomans and their families from February through August are unlikely to return. The Federal Communications Commission ...

Backlash is intensifying in Oklahoma after a teenager accused in a series of violent sex assaults avoided prison time, prompting swarms of people to protest outside a courthouse amid renewed scrutiny ...

Jesse Butler was sentenced to counseling, rehabilitation and community service, avoiding prison time. ‘Never On The Island’: What The Latest Epstein Files Say About Bill Clinton Justice Department ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. Reduced prison phone call rates that benefited incarcerated Oklahomans and ...

A privately owned prison that has sat vacant for the last 15 years will reopen as an ICE facility in 2026. Diamondback Correctional Center will operate as an ICE detention center after a contract was ...