By:
Guest
December 26, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Barry Friedman is a regular contributor to the OK Policy Blog. He writes the column, “Barry Friedman At Large” for Tulsa People Magazine, is a stand-up comedian, and is the author of two books, “Road Comic” and “Funny You Should…
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By:
Gene Perry
November 2, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
To find more about all of the state questions on the ballot in November, see our 2012 State Questions page.
Oklahoma is the only state that requires the governor to approve every parole. Removing the governor from the parole process…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 26, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
To find more about all of the state questions on the ballot in November, see our 2012 State Questions page.
State Question 762, on the ballot this November, would make paroles granted by the Pardon and Parole Board for non-violent…
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By:
Gene Perry
July 5, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma’s prisons are in a crisis. The state ranks 1st in the nation for incarceration of women per capita and 4th for men. With budgets not adequate to oversee an ever-growing inmate population, the corrections system is severely understaffed. And…
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By:
Gene Perry
May 7, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Mike Connelly was the first research director the now-defunct Oklahoma Sentencing Commission in the 1990s. He went on to direct sentencing commissions in Maryland and Wisconsin before returning to Oklahoma to manage the state DOC’s Evaluation & Analysis unit until…
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By:
Gene Perry
March 27, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
A new criminal justice reform law seeks to reduce crime and ease the burden on overcrowded, understaffed prisons. We explain what the new law does and what still stands in the way of reform.
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By:
David Blatt
February 1, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The question of whether to require a prescription for the purchase of pseudoephedrine (the main ingredient in medications such as Sudafed) as a means to help combat the production of methamphetamine, promises to be one of the hotly contested issues…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 8, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The Louisiana legislature passed a bill this summer to enable non-violent, non-sex offenders to go before a parole board upon turning 60 years of age, even if their original sentence did not include the opportunity for parole. The bill’s passage…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 10, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Watch has an excellent series on their Youtube channel examining incarceration in Oklahoma, with a particular emphasis on female incarceration. The videos explore themes like overcrowding, substance abuse and domestic violence, and reentry after incarceration. Oklahoma Watch is a…
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By:
Gene Perry
June 28, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Women Behind Bars is a new documentary about female incarceration in Oklahoma by University of Oklahoma student Amina Benalioulhaj. The film premiered in a packed showing at the deadCENTER Film Festival earlier this month.
A Tulsa screening will be held…
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