CFN
Gazette staff
Sergio Contreras-Sanchez, recently sentenced to 235 months in prison for a heroin-trafficking operation he ran in OKC, is not starting his stint in the pokey on his best foot.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: jail
Is that the best she could think of?
Steve McQueen, this guy ain't.
CFN
Gazette staff
Sergio Contreras-Sanchez, recently sentenced to 235 months in prison for a heroin-trafficking operation he ran in OKC, is not starting his stint in the pokey on his best foot.
Parents behind bars
A state task force makes recommendations to improve the lives of children of the incarcerated.
News
Clifton Adcock
About 26,000 children in Oklahoma have at least one parent in prison. Factor in kids with a parent in a county or city jail or federal prison, and that number is even higher.
The ultimate gentrification
CFN
Gazette staff
The city of Oklahoma City is seeking proposals to return the 41,000-squarefoot old city jail to a sort of former glory.
Off the campaign trail
CFN
Gazette staff
You know your candidacy for political office has hit a snag when you end up in a jail cell unable to make bail. That’s the conundrum facing Fred E. Ray Smith, a Republican running against Sen.Susan Paddack (D-Ada) in state Senate District 13.
Hail the jail
The Oklahoma County Jail wins national accreditation, but other challenges remain.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma County Jail has received national accreditation for jail operation from the American Correctional Association, but the beleaguered facility still faces issues with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Sheriff in town
Longtime Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel faces a tough challenge from Darrell Sorrels.
News
Clifton Adcock
Voters in Tuesday’s election will have a choice between new blood and an old hand for Oklahoma County Sheriff.
Lockout
Like a lot of action in your sci-fi? 'Lock' it up!
Sci-Fi
Rod Lott
No matter in what capacity, if Luc Besson's name is on a movie, I will not hesitate to watch. Why? The Transporter, District 13, Kiss of the Dragon, Taken, Unleashed, Ong-Bak, The Professional, La Femme Nikita and most sequels that spawned from those, that's why. (I'll forgive and forget From Paris with Love.)
K-11
Bar none, a one-of-a-kind kick.
Drama
Rod Lott
How weird that K-11 is attracting more attention for who the director is (the mother of Twilight starlet Kristen Stewart) than for its outlandish subject matter (transgendered inmates). That oversight is as insane as this movie, new to VOD.
Taking a SHINE
An Oklahoma County program gaining national attention gives nonviolent offenders an alternative to jail.
News
Murray Evans
Brie Florence stood across the street from the downtown Oklahoma County office building on a chilly day, paint roller and can in tow, ready to clean up some graffiti in a nearby parking garage.
