Oklahoma prisons have stopped widespread COVID-19 testing as cases spike across state

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has backed away from earlier promises to adopt mandatory COVID-19 testing for staff and other precautionary measures even as a new surge of the Delta variant has swept across the state.

Drug offender doesn’t like prison

OKLAHOMA CITY – A woman convicted of a federal drug trafficking charge wasted little time in asking to be let out of prison.

Probe of prison drug ring nets 39

OKLAHOMA CITY – A narcotics distribution ring directed from a state prison by a convicted murderer has been broken up by federal, state and local law enforcement officials.

Prison drug ring leads to 25 more years for white supremacist

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Beckham County man identified as a member of a white-supremacist gang was sentenced recently to serve 25 years in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy orchestrated from a state prison.

Response to 9-1-1 call nets Lawtonian 8 years in prison

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Lawton man was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in federal prison for possession of illegal explosives and being a felon in possession of several firearms.             The case arose from a 9-1-1 emergency call placed shortly before 2 a.m.