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State Inmates No Longer Being Sent to OKC Jail
By publicradiotulsa.org
Published: 05/02/2016

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections will stop sending state inmates to the Oklahoma County jail.

DOC director Joe Allbaugh made the decision after Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater asked county commissioners to cancel the county's contract with the state in order to avoid overcrowding.

Corrections department spokeswoman Terri Watkins told The Journal Record that no decision has been made on where the inmates will be sent. Inmates already at the county jail will not be affected.

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