Overcrowded Prisons: Oklahoma's Criminal Crisis

The head of Oklahoma's prison system recently told lawmakers that the state's prison system is over capacity and dangerously understaffed. What's more, Corrections Director Robert Patton says, the inmate population continues to grow -- another 1,200 expected in the next year.

Monday, May 11th 2015, 11:47 pm

By: News 9


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