Officials say Oklahoma County has no choice but to fix its jail

 
BY BRYAN DEAN
Published: January 6, 2009

The question is no longer whether taxpayers will pay to fix problems at the Oklahoma County jail.

County officials and the leader of a committee formed to deal with the jail’s problems say the county will either fix the problems on its own or be forced by federal authorities to fix them.

District 3 County Commissioner Ray Vaughan formed the committee a month after the U.S. Justice Department ripped the c...


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