Sue Ann Arnall's resignation leaves lingering questions about jail funding problems
The departure of the last-remaining original member of Oklahoma County's jail trust highlights an all-too-familiar problem of too little funding.
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The departure of the last-remaining original member of Oklahoma County's jail trust highlights an all-too-familiar problem of too little funding.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Last week, I toured Mabel Bassett Correctional Facility led by my former legislative colleague Kris Steele, now the director of The Education and Employment Ministry (TEEM) in
Guest: It isn’t just the amount of time an offender serves. It’s how the state invests taxpayer dollars during the time we have them in custody.
More than 80% of the approximately 21,500 inmates currently incarcerated in state prisons have been issued a tablet, said Jason Sparks, ODOC chief of operations.
Inmate, advocate question the cost to send an email and a surcharge to buy the ‘stamps’ to send emails through the DOC's inmate tablet program.