Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Corrections Department to resume visitation

Corrections Department to resume visitation

Corrections Department to resume visitation

News Staff
Friday, May 29, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The state Corrections Department is set to resume inmate visitation next weekend, the agency announced Friday. Visits will be “highly structured to accommodate social distancing,” DOC Communications Director Justin Wolf said.
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.
Southwest Ledger photo by M. Scott Carter Clint Castleberry, center, Director of Health Services for the Department of Corrections, speaks to the Legislature’s Health Care Working Group Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Southwest Ledger photo by M. Scott Carter Clint Castleberry, center, Director of Health Services for the Department of Corrections, speaks to the Legislature’s Health Care Working Group Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Beleaguered Budget: Aging Population, Mental Health Issues Plague Oklahoma Department of Corrections

News Staff
Monday, August 26, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections spent about $43.5 million on health care for more than 30,000 inmates during the 2018 fiscal year, a corrections official told lawmakers Wednesday.
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