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An aging prisoner at the Joseph Harp Correctional Facility in Lexington receives medication on Oct. 10, 2024. Oklahoma’s elderly prisoner population continues to rise despite reforms aimed at streamlining medical parole and compassionate release. Keaton Ross | Oklahoma Watch

An aging prisoner at the Joseph Harp Correctional Facility in Lexington receives medication on Oct. 10, 2024. Oklahoma’s elderly prisoner population continues to rise despite reforms aimed at streamlining medical parole and compassionate release. Keaton Ross | Oklahoma Watch

Aging Prison Population Strains Corrections Budget

Picture a prison yard in a Hollywood blockbuster. There’s a fencedin field where young men lift weights and play basketball on a hot summer day. Correctional officers look on from a guard tower ready to sniff out any disturbance.

Arkansan convicted of armed bank robbery

From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal jury here convicted Brian Keith Mays of committing armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.A federal grand jury returned a two-count superseding indictment against Mays on Jan. 21.

Late March brings slight rain to Oklahoma

From staff reports Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 0.49 inches between March 24 and 30, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.The March 25 U.S.
Natural gas usage by U.S. manufacturers increases

Natural gas usage by U.S. manufacturers increases

Natural gas usage by U.S. manufacturers increases

From staff reports A new government study shows that energy consumption by the U.S. manufacturing sector not only continues to increase, but its largest fuel use is natural gas.The study by the U.S.

Energy/Business Briefs

• President Trump said on Thursday that larger tariffs could be placed on the European Union and Canada if they both work together “to do economic harm to the USA.