In a sternly worded 15 page letter sent to Governor Mary Fallin, Oklahoma Department of Corrections director Joe Allbaugh details serious missteps from the state's budget office making it look like the state saved millions more than it actually has.

Prisoners at the Jackie Brannon Correctional Facility are training service dogs to donate to Oklahoma veterans in need. 

A candlelight vigil was held at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C. 

The head of Oklahoma's prison system says what happened in a South Carolina prison last weekend could just as easily have happened in Oklahoma. 

The head of Oklahoma's prison system said it's only a matter of time before Oklahoma sees a deadly prison riot like the one that happened in South Carolina.

An escaped inmate has been recaptured while driving a stolen Muskogee police officer's truck. Oklahoma City Police confirm Nathan Harmon was arrested Wednesday night during a traffic stop. 

DOC is asking the state to triple its budget to build new prisons, provide corrections officers with much needed training, and give staff pay raises.

Executions are set to resume in Oklahoma following a three-year hiatus following the discovery of a "pharmaceutical mistake" in the case of death row inmate Richard Glossip.

The director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) has initiated a hiring freeze over concerns for this year’s budget following the failure of the Step Up OK budget plan.

The State Department of Corrections is asking the legislature for more than $800-million to build two new prisons. 

Several public safety concerns, including events leading up to an inmate's death, has prompted the state corrections department to terminate a contract with an Oklahoma City halfway house.