Quote of the Day 10/30/2014

“You’ve got two facilities (where) you should be questioning what has been going on, and you’re going to turn around and fill it back up and not say, ‘Hey, wait a minute, maybe we need to step back?’ I don’t see enough supervision.”

-Lynn Powell, director of the prison reform group OK-CURE, speaking about Oklahoma’s move to return prisoners to halfway houses operated by the private prison company Avalon. The state had pulled inmates out of the facility due to numerous reports of drug use and inmate fights allowed by guards (Source: http://bit.ly/1p6gR4e)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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