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Oklahoma County Jail remains dangerously overcrowded By: Keaton Ross Oklahoma Watch April 14, 2021 The Oklahoma County Detention Center. (Courtesy photo/Oklahoma Watch) When U.S. Department of Justice investigators inspected the Oklahoma County Detention Center in April 2007, they discovered that severe overcrowding was causing significant harm to detainees. “Throughout the facility, we found detainees sleeping on the floor and three or four detainees locked into two-man cells,” ...

Oklahoma Watch When U.S. Department of Justice investigators inspected the Oklahoma County Detention Center in April 2007, they discovered that severe overcrowding was causing significant harm to detainees.  “Throughout the facility, we found detainees sleeping on the floor and three or four detainees locked into two-man cells,” investigators wrote in a 2008 report that found conditions inside the facility did not meet constitutional standards. “The detainees spend nearly 24 hours ...

Disturbing moment Oklahoma City inmate armed with a shank takes guard hostage before being shot dead Curtis Williams, 34, inmate at Oklahoma County Detention Center, was shot dead on March 27, after he took guard Daniel Misquez hostage Video shows Williams armed with a shank holding Misquez at knifepoint  Police officers and deputies storm the jail pod and fatally shoot Williams Misquez was beaten and stabbed during incident but survived  

Oklahoman The call that a riot was breaking out on the second floor of the Oklahoma County jail came in at 11:26 p.m. Feb. 7. "Theres like four people using weapons," an inmate told the central control employee. "Im looking on the camera right now," the employee said. "I dont see that." Are you sure, the inmate asked. "Yep," the employee replied. "But Ill check with the rover, thank you." A review of surveillance video, however, shows the employee, Martin Jacobs, "never picked up his radio...

Oklahoma County jail trust faces fierce public criticism over detention center deaths, conditions Josh Dulaney, Oklahoman Replay Video UP NEXT In the aftermath of a hostage situation at the Oklahoma County jail that left one inmate dead and a detention officer injured, trustees overseeing the troubled facility met Thursday behind closed doors before being confronted in open session with piercing criticism from local activists.  © DOUG HOKE/THE OKLAHOMAN A press conference ...