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GRANITE — Two inmates were killed and a dozen others injured today in a large fight at the Oklahoma State Reformatory , authorities said.
Prison Warden Eric Franklin said in addition to the two deaths, eight inmates were taken to local hospitals and four were treated at the prison infirmary.
All of the victims apparently were stabbed or cut. Franklin said the weapons apparently...
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STATE REP. RICHARD MORRISSETTE
...recently toured the private prison in Lawton at the request of...it was my duty to review the prison to get a feel for how a private prison might serve as a better option...several concerns with private prisons. First, they are in the business...
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| Aug 31, 2009 BARBARA HOBEROCK - TULSA WORLD
...whether to build a private prison that could lead to closing...one or more public prisons, such as Rader, would...only maximum-security prison for juveniles — Central...and operation of a new prison. Inclusion of the...contracts with private prisons to house state inmates...
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| Jun 20, 2009 JULIE BISBEE, CAPITOL BUREAU
...s maximum security prison. "That’s inaccurate...five died in state prisons, including three at the maximum security prison in McAlester. Two were...gangs are running the prison up there. Powell said she...are often brought into prisons by gangs. "If you can...
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| Aug 9, 2009 BARBARA HOBEROCK - TULSA WORLD
...that considers the use of private prisons and evaluates additional factors...acquiring existing facilities from private prison companies, public private partnerships...purchase it or relying on private prisons. Benge said no more studies are planned...
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| Jul 14, 2009 BY JULIE BISBEE
...were not designed to be prisons and one is the oldest...about facilities in the prison system and looking for efficiencies...plans to close some state prisons. Seeking information...other Democrats who have prison facilities in their districts...information about targeting prisons for closure. Ivester said...
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| Apr 8, 2009 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
...fight over California’s prison health care system escalated...to stop plans for seven prison medical facilities. They...the state’s 33 adult prisons. "It’s time to return the management of our prisons to the people who are authorized...
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| Jan 29, 2009 BY JULIE BISBEE
...reforms to address Oklahoma’s growing prison population, according to a report released...to address crowding in the state’s prison population. "This is a long-term problem...criminal justice system, could help trim the prison population. "Today we know that mental...
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| Jan 16, 2009 BY RANDY ELLIS
...for Oklahoma jail and prison officials. Although cell phones are banned from prisons, they frequently are...possess a cell phone in prison. State corrections officials...cell phone signals in prisons but found such action...by federal law. State prison officials and city and county...
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| Oct 23, 2008 BY JULIE BISBEE
...a breaking point and prisons are woefully understaffed...Barger, a former state prison correction officer and...Many of the state's prisons have less that 70 percent...from minimum security prisons. In 2007, there were...inmates housed at a private prison in Hinton were the only...
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| Apr 20, 2008 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
...An exercise yard melee that left two prison inmates dead and a dozen injured was...sparked by one inmate spitting on another, a prison official said Tuesday. The two inmates...hospitals, and four were treated at the prison's medical unit. Three of the inmates...
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| May 21, 2008 