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The OKC Planning Commission will consider the proposed site for a new jail at a meeting April 11th at 1:30pm in the City Council Chamber, 200 N Walker Ave.

The Oklahoma County Detention Center is getting new equipment meant to help detention officers avoid grappling with detainees.

The City of Del City now has three law firms preparing to take on the Okla County Commissioners and fight a possible location of a new county jail nearby.

Oklahoma County commissioners decided 2-1 to acquire 71 acres at 1901 E. Grand Blvd in the City of Oklahoma City limits for a new county jail.

The list of sites being considered for the new Oklahoma County Jail just got longer once again as Okla County Commissioners prepare to consider sites again.

The last remaining founding member of the Oklahoma County Jail Trust has resigned in protest over the low priority county officials have given to fund the jail.

In response to NE 23rd and Coltrane being added to the potential sites for the new jail, NE OKC leaders will march from the proposed site back to Downtown.

Two state reps and other leaders spoke out Wednesday against a bill in the Okla House that would prohibit the new jail from being located on the current site.

The City Council for the City of Del City took the first step toward suing Oklahoma County if a proposed new county jail site is chosen one block from Del City.

In this letter to the editor, Gina Standridge argues against putting the new Oklahoma County Jail at 1901 Grand Blvd only blocks away from a Mid-Del elementary.

Crooked Oak Public Schools patrons just approved the district issuing $26M in bonds for a new sports complex. But, a new jail next door may foil the plan.

A town hall meeting showed that Oklahoma County Commissioners are facing increasing opposition to the way they are thinking about the new jail site selection.

Calm Waters Center for Children and Families is launching the latest series of FREE Grief Support Groups to the detained men and women at the Oklahoma County Detention Center.

A town hall meeting called by an assortment of Oklahoma Legislators, City of OKC City Councilors, and activists has been postponed until Monday, Jan 29.

The Board of County Commissioners for Oklahoma County faced a packed, standing-room-only crowd January 10 mostly over possible new jail site selections.