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| Ok Prisons Reaching The Limit |
| By tulsaworld.com |
| Published: 08/12/2010 |
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TAFT - The state's prison population routinely hits 99 percent of capacity, the Board of Corrections was told Wednesday. "We have been over 99 percent in the last 30 days more times than in history," Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones told the board at its regular monthly meeting at the Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Taft. As of Aug. 2, state-run prisons were operating at 98.85 percent of capacity with 18,326 offenders, according to a population analysis provided to board members. The 99 percent figure includes contract beds at halfway houses, private prisons and county jails. Read More. |
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