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Prison guards concerned about abandoning watch towers
By edmondsun.com- Janelle Stecklein
Published: 08/28/2014

OKLAHOMA CITY — A leader of the state’s correctional officers says closing watch towers at six prisons will add to the flow of contraband while heightening safety risks for employees and inmates.

Armed officers stationed in the towers keep “preventative” watch over the perimeters and yards of some of the state’s oldest prisons, said Sean Wallace, executive director of the Oklahoma Corrections Professionals.

Despite that crucial role, Wallace said wardens at six prisons have been asked about the feasibility of closing their towers.

Those facilities include Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester; Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy; Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington; Lexington Assessment and Reception Center; Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown and Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite.

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