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Online training for jail workers OK'd

Eric Swanson
Thursday, January 20, 2022
LAWTON – Acting as the Comanche County Facilities Authority, the Comanche County Board of Commissioners signed off Tuesday on a plan to provide online training for Comanche County Detention Center employees.
LEDGER FILE PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY The Comanche County Detention Center in Lawton.

LEDGER FILE PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY The Comanche County Detention Center in Lawton.

CCDC still squeezin’ ’em in

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, April 22, 2021
LAWTON – The inmate population at the Comanche County Detention Center has begun increasing again, and that has Central District County Commissioner Johnny Owens concerned. “I don’t know what to do about it,” he said Monday.
142 healthy inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center (CCDC) were transported to state prisons.

142 healthy inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center (CCDC) were transported to state prisons.

142 CCDC inmates sent to state prisons temporarily; jail below authorized limit for first time in several years

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, May 21, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The state Department of Corrections reported transporting 142 healthy inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center (CCDC) to state prisons on Wednesday and Thursday. The transfers included 141 men and one woman, according to Justin Wolf, the DOC’s director of communications.
Southwest Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey About a dozen Oklahoma Department of Corrections vehicles were staged Wednesday in Lawton’s Central Mall parking lot adjacent to the Comanche County Detention Center. DOC transferred 70+ male inmates from the Comanche County jail to a state prison in Sayre to relieve some of the crowding in the CCDC, which has been ravaged by the coronavirus.

Southwest Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey About a dozen Oklahoma Department of Corrections vehicles were staged Wednesday in Lawton’s Central Mall parking lot adjacent to the Comanche County Detention Center. DOC transferred 70+ male inmates from the Comanche County jail to a state prison in Sayre to relieve some of the crowding in the CCDC, which has been ravaged by the coronavirus.

Corrections Department Takes 70+ Inmates From Comanche County Detention Center

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (20 May 2020) – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) transferred “70+” inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center (CCDC) to a state prison Wednesday, Comanche County Commissioner Johnny Owens reported.
Comanche County Detention Center administration has denied Ledger staff an interview and/or a tour of the facilities.

Comanche County Detention Center administration has denied Ledger staff an interview and/or a tour of the facilities.

Time for the County to come clean on COVID-19 crisis

Jj Francais Associate Publisher
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Do you own property in Comanche County? Are you flush with cash and ready to hand more of it over to the county? If you aren’t or just would rather not throw millions of dollars to the wind, your county commissioner needs to hear from you, now.
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