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.