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According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma has 45% fewer correctional officers now than it did six years ago, and the inmate population decreased 20% during that time.
The jail population in Oklahoma has not kept pace with decreasing crime and arrest rates in recent years, leaving the state with one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States ...
The McAlester Prison riot took place July 1973. When built the prison was built 1911, its occupancy was set at 1,100 inmates. By 1973 the number of inmates was double the occupancy. The prison riot began on July 27. The prisoner took around twenty-one prison officials hostage. The hostages were released on July 28.
Wilson was arrested for alleged indecent exposure, and violation of suspended sentence on a previous convicted case, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office. Jail or Agency: Oklahoma County Jail; State: Oklahoma; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 5/20/2016; Age at death: 30; Sources: www.koco.com, Oklahoma County ...
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [1] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates. They ...
Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center (inmate capacity 501) North Fork Correctional Center; Oklahoma State Penitentiary; William S. Key Correctional Center; Clara Waters Community Corrections Center; Enid Community Corrections Center; Kate Barnard Community Corrections Center (inmate capacity 260), closed in 2021 [1] Lawton Community ...
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Launius' wife, Susan Launius, survived the attack. The attack was allegedly masterminded by organized crime figure and nightclub owner Eddie Nash. He, his henchman Gregory DeWitt Diles, and porn star John Holmes were at various times arrested, tried, and acquitted for their involvement in the murders.