Comanche County Detention Center

State agencies are devising a plan to remove healthy inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center and placing them at another facility.

State agencies are devising a plan to remove healthy inmates from the Comanche County Detention Center and placing them at another facility.

Efforts Under Way to Relieve Crowding in Detention Center

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Two state agencies are taking steps to remove as many inmates as possible from the Comanche County Detention Center until the coronavirus that has ravaged the jail is brought under control.
The Department of Corrections, Comanche County Commissioner and Facilities Authority Chairman Johnny Owens said that the Comanche County Detention Center was not equipped to deal with the pandemic.

The Department of Corrections, Comanche County Commissioner and Facilities Authority Chairman Johnny Owens said that the Comanche County Detention Center was not equipped to deal with the pandemic.

Comanche County Detention Center cited numerous times for overcrowding

From The Ledger Staff
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
LAWTON – The jail at ground zero of one of the largest Covid-19 outbreak in Oklahoma has been cited numerous times for overcrowding and was found not to be in substantial compliance with established state health standards any of the three times it was inspected last year, documents obtained by the...
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