Oklahoma State Reformatory News

State lawmakers say they have no plans to close the Oklahoma State Reformatory. Rep. Randy Terrill of Moore and Sen.

A Greer County judge will decide whether to throw out a criminal case against the wife of a former prison warden accused of helping a convicted killer escape more than 15 years ago.

Tulsa Animal Welfare will host its second Trick or Treat Animal Expo and Fall Open House from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.

A Greer County judge will decide whether to throw out a criminal case against the wife of a former prison warden accused of helping a convicted killer escape more than 15 years ago.

Bobbi Parker, left, appeared with her attorney, Rick Cunningham, before Judge Dan Deaver in a Greer County courtroom In April 2008, where she was arraigned on a charge of assisting the escape of a prisoner.

LAWTON Members of an Oklahoma House committee that allocates money to state prisons toured a 2,500-bed private prison in Lawton on Tuesday as they search for ways to house Oklahoma's growing inmate population and replace crumbling state buildings.

LAWTON a ' Members of an Oklahoma House committee that allocates money to the state prisons toured a 2,500-bed private prison in Lawton on Tuesday as they search for ways to house Oklahoma's growing inmate population and replace crumbling state buildings.

The trial of a former prison warden's wife on charges she helped a convicted killer escape from prison in 1994 is being delayed at the request of her attorney.

Oklahoma has a love-hate relationship with our corrections system. We love to lock offenders away for long periods of time but we hate to spend much money on maintaining prisons or providing programs that encourage inmates to stay out once they're released.

Prison funding is not a particularly popular subject among taxpayers, some of whom contend convicted criminals deserve to live in cramped, aging correctional facilities.

A new study on Oklahoma State Penitentiary says most of the prison should be torn down and a new prison built in its place - but District 7 state Sen.

A private study of Oklahoma's prison system shows state facilities need more than half a billion dollars in renovations and expansions.

Oklahoma prisons need about a half a billion dollars in repairs and renovations, according to a copy of a study obtained by the Tulsa World.

A warden's wife accused of helping a convicted killer escape prison in 1994 is one step closer to the start of her trial.

PINEVILLE, Mo. - McDonald County authorities say Ricky N. Crase, of Collinsville, Okla., will be in their custody early this week, ready to face charges that include two counts of second-degree murder.

Days after a Democratic senator spoke out about a study eyeing the closure of three state prisons, Senate President Pro Tem Sen.

THE REST OF THE STORY: In a resolution sponsored by Rep. John Sullivan, R-Oklahoma, the U.S. House last week voted to honor the late Tulsa native Paul Harvey, who died Feb.