Editor’s note: This is the seventh and final installment of an ongoing series about Oklahoma County Jail, its development and history, ongoing structural issues and possible remedies. Visit okgazette.com for ongoing coverage and more of this story. Nearly anyone you ask who works in Oklahoma’s criminal justice system will tell you the state’s system needs have […]
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Overcrowding issues at the Oklahoma County Jail are nothing new. But similar problems aren’t confined to it or to other local county jails.
Overcrowding issues at the Oklahoma County Jail are nothing new. But similar problems aren’t confined to it or to other local county jails.
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Ravitz also said there are not enough assistant district attorneys or public defenders for indigent clients who can’t afford legal representation.
Ravitz also said there are not enough assistant district attorneys or public defenders for indigent clients who can’t afford legal representation.
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County Jail Series: For any jail facility to succeed, county, city and community leaders must help plan it
Oklahoma County Chief District Court Judge Ray Elliott said he understands concerns county commissioners have about the current facility. He also worries about where a new one might be built.
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County Jail Series: A 2009 agreement showed jail lacked proper staffing, space, security, health care and more
Lack of appropriate holding space, natural lighting, recreational areas and staffing require additional funding to remedy, which would likely require an additional sales tax vote. Whetsel said that also means a new structure must be built.
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Whetsel, in his second run for the county’s top law officer position, won by calling for improved public safety for all county residents, not by pointing to problems at the lockup.
Whetsel, in his second run for the county’s top law officer position, won by calling for improved public safety for all county residents, not by pointing to problems at the lockup.
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Oklahoma City-County Jail: Flaws were built into current jail, tax vote for new facility might come soon
Accountability. More than anything else, this dominates Oklahoma County’s elected leaders’ thoughts as they and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce ponder the possibility of calling an election asking voters to consider two jail-related proposed sales taxes.
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We’ve talked about the need to replace Oklahoma County’s jail before.
We’ve talked about the need to replace Oklahoma County’s jail before.
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The American Indian Cultural Center continues to progress, construction starts on Hall of the People
Among Oklahoma’s Indian tribes, there are many different ways to say “Proud place.” But no matter the language chosen, these words are an appropriate description of what Oklahoma City’s American Indian Cultural Center and Museum (AICCM) is becoming before our very eyes. ‘What is that mound of dirt?’A landmark in new waysSite for the site […]
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Sales help support parking system, but long-term questions remain
A call for building additional public parking in downtown Oklahoma City would be easy to make. After all, the system continued to enjoy an occupancy rate of 83 percent in September and has only a quarter of the debt it had less than a year ago. HOW TIMES CHANGED WHY NOT OTHERS? A TIDAL SHIFT […]