KOKH-TV is a television station in Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,United States,affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside independent station KOCB. The stations' studios and transmitter facilities are co-located on East Wilshire Boulevard and 78th Street on the city's northeast side.
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary,nicknamed "Big Mac",is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester,Oklahoma,on 1,556 acres (6.30 km2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities,today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders,the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates. They also hold many death row prisoners.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is the parole board of the state of Oklahoma. The board was created by an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution in 1944. The Board has the authority to empower the Governor of Oklahoma to grant pardons,paroles,and commutations to people convicted of offenses against the state of Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison system. It has its headquarters in Oklahoma City,across the street from the headquarters of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. The Board of Corrections are appointees:five members are appointed by the Governor;two members are appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;and two members are appointed by the Speaker of the house of Representatives. The board is responsible for setting the policies of the Department,approving the annual budget request,and working with the Director of Corrections on material matters of the agency. T. Hastings Siegfried is the current chairman of the board. The director,who serves at the pleasure of the governor,is the chief executive of the department. The current director of Corrections is Scott Crow,who was appointed after Director Joe Allbaugh resigned his post on June 13,2019. Crow was confirmed by the Oklahoma State Senate as director in May 2020.
Rob Standridge is an American business owner and politician currently representing District 15 in the Oklahoma Senate since his election in 2012.
Richard Eugene Glossip is an American prisoner currently on death row at Oklahoma State Penitentiary after being convicted of commissioning the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese. The man who murdered Van Treese,Justin Sneed,had a "meth habit" and agreed to plead guilty in exchange for testifying against Glossip. Sneed received a life sentence without parole. Glossip's case has attracted international attention due to the unusual nature of his conviction,namely that there was little or no corroborating evidence,with the first case against him described as "extremely weak" by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.
Justin J. J. Humphrey is an American politician who has served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 19th district,which covers parts of the counties of Choctaw,Pushmataha,Atoka,and Bryan. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected in the 2016 election and sworn in on November 16,2016.
George E. Young Sr. is an American pastor and politician who serves in the Oklahoma Senate from the 48th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 99th district. He served as vice-chair of the Democratic caucus in the state house and as chair of the Black Caucus in the state legislature.
Stephanie Irene Bice is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district since 2021. She is the first Iranian American and Pakistani American to be elected to Congress.
Julie Daniels is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma Senate from the 29th district since 2016.
Jon Echols is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 90th district since 2012. He is the Majority Floor Leader.
Kevin McDugle is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 12th district since 2016. He has appeared on Dr. Phil.
Toni Hasenbeck is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 65th district since 2018.
Robert Manger is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 101st district since 2018. His current term ends on November 20,2024.
Mauree Nivek Rajah Salima Turner is an American politician and community organizer. A member of the Democratic Party,they have served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2021. Turner is the first publicly non-binary U.S. state lawmaker and the first Muslim member of the Oklahoma Legislature. They have previously served as a board member of the Council on American–Islamic Relations and led criminal justice reform initiatives with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Incarceration in Oklahoma is how inmates are rehabilitated and reformed. Incarceration in Oklahoma includes state prisons and county and city jails. Oklahoma has the second highest state incarceration rate in the United States. Oklahoma is the second in women's incarceration in the United States. After becoming a state in 1907,the first prisons were opened and reform began.
Warren Hamilton is an American politician and retired military officer serving as a member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 7th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 5,2021.
Kevin West is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 54th district. Elected in November 2016,he first assumed office on January 9,2017.
Ryan Walters is an American educator and politician who has served as the elected Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2023 and who served as the appointed Oklahoma Secretary of Education between September 2020 and April 2023.
John George is an American politician who has served as the Oklahoma House of Representatives member from the 36th district since November 16,2022.
