The latest request for a death sentence came May 21. Prosecutors asked for that punishment for a drifter who is suspected of ...

The House and Senate approved a pair of bills to purchase the state's last private prison outright for $312 million.

A search is underway for an inmate at an Oklahoma correctional facility who "unlawfully" walked away from prison, according ...

With the purchase of the facility, lawmakers said this will not only benefit the staff and inmates inside, but the every day ...

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The potential purchase would move Oklahoma out of the private prison business as the Lawton facility is the state's last privately-operated prison.

Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton, who had escaped from an Oklahoma prison in 1977, were eventually convicted of capital murder ...

A House budget committee on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton ...

Lawmakers weigh $312M purchase of Lawton prison amid safety concerns and the end of a contract with The GEO Group.