OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The head of Oklahoma's prison system is scheduled to brief the agency's governing board about the current status of executions in Oklahoma, as well as how the agency is grappling with prison overcrowding.
The Board of Corrections is scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon at the John H. Lilley Correctional Center in Boley.
The U.S. Supreme Court halted three scheduled lethal injections in Oklahoma while it considers whether the state's current three-drug method is constitutional.
Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton also is expected to brief the board on how the state prison system is above 100 percent capacity.
The board is expected to meet behind closed doors to discuss two pending lawsuits against the agency, including the lethal injection challenge that is being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.