Oklahoma Prisons

Officials expect they’ll likely ask lawmakers for additional appropriations once plans and costs are finalized

Two members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board resigned earlier this summer, officially leaving the board following the August meeting Tuesday.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville has been plagued with staffing shortages and prison violence.

An Oklahoma prison guard has been charged with striking a shackled inmate at the state penitentiary in McAlester.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Scott Crow announced his resignation in a statement on Monday.

Officials say a corrections officer has died after being attacked by an inmate at an Oklahoma prison.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says contraband including weapons, cellphones, drones and grappling hooks believed headed to state prisons has been seized at a warehouse in Oklahoma City.

After three days, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board finished its December meeting Wednesday.

The inmates sued for the injunction, saying that John Marion Grant’s execution demonstrated that Oklahoma officials still have not resolved concerns over the state’s execution method.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A retired New York attorney is suing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, saying its claim to have no records pertaining to the…