Keaton Ross

As the number of successful medical parole applications stagnates, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted unanimously earlier this month to request a legal opinion on who has the authority to refer a prisoner to the medical parole docket.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections might soon have a long-forbidden security tool at its disposal.

Almost every state allows police to take cash and property it believes was illicitly obtained, but regulations and the burden of proof required for seizure vary widely.

Most criminal justice reform conversations at the Capitol focused on making the reintegration process easier as a strategy to reduce recidivism.

Correctional officers at state-run prisons will wear the devices, which can record audio and capture footage even if the officer fails to hit the record button.

Election reform advocates fear dark money spending will once again accelerate during the 2024 election cycle

Oklahoma was one of four states where more than 1% of male residents were serving a prison sentence of one year or longer.

James Shelton thought he’d be placed in a solitary cell when he was sent to the restricted housing unit at the Great Plains Correctional Center in Hinton.

State lawmakers opted not to sweeping changes to Oklahoma’s voting laws, instead focusing on measures aimed at cracking down on threats or fraud ahead of the 2024 presidential election cycle.

Candidate Kevin Stitt campaigned on lowering the nation’s highest incarceration rate, emphasizing the need to provide more help for non-violent offenders.