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• 01/25/12:   Bill Proposes To Reduce Certain Marijuana Sentences, Reduce Oklahoma Prison Costs
   
• 01/15/12:   Report On Prisons Finally Offers Roadmap
   
• 01/12/12:   Report: Corrections Reforms Could Save State $249 Million
   
• 01/12/12:   Report Suggests Ways For Oklahoma To Reduce Recidivism, Prison Costs
   
• 01/09/12:   Oklahoma Watch: Probation Supervision System Gets Review By Lawmakers, Experts
   

• 10/19/11:   Consultants Say That Oklahoma Should Get More From It's Criminal Justice System
   
• 08/21/11:   Conservatives Embrace Conservative Approach To Incarceration
   
• 06/26/11:   New Approach Could Fix State Prison Problems
   
• 06/23/11:   Okla Tapped for Intensive Criminal Justice Study
   
• 06/22/11:   Free to Work - DOC company rehabilitates prisoners through employment
   
• 03/24/11:   Study: Oklahoma's Low Parole Rate Costing Taxpayers
   
• 03/15/11:   Bill to Ease Okla's Prison Growth Clears House
   
• 03/10/11:   GOP Leaders Must be Willing to Consider Changes in Corrections Policy
   
• 03/03/11:   Lawmakers Deny Funds For Prison
   
• 02/14/11:   Oklahoma Prison Sentencing Reform Has Factious History
   
• 02/06/11:   Oklahoma Lawmakers Must Do Balancing Act to Address Corrections
   
• 01/30/11:   Justice System Examined in Oklahoma's Top-Rank for Female Incarcerations
   

• 12/13/10:   Cell Phones Are A Challenge For Oklahoma Prison Officials
   
• 12/05/10:   Oklahoma Lawmakers Seek to Strike Budget Balance for Prisons
   
• 10/24/10:   DOC Does Hard Time
   
• 10/18/10:   OK-OPEA, Correctional Officers Call For End to Furloughs, More Funding
   
• 06/11/10:   DOC Staff Faces 23 Days of Furlough
   
• 05/25/10:   OK Corrections, Public Safety Departments Look for Additional Funds
   
• 05/13/10:   State Tax Revenues Mixed, Still Lag
  

• 04/27/10:   Corrections Official Warns Against Funding Reductions
                   DOC Workers Protest Shortage
    
• 04/21/10:   History Lesson
   
• 04/16/10:   Oklahoma human services agencies brace for budget cuts
               
• 04/02/10:   Bill touting merger of Parole Board workers with DOC dies
                   Benge announce cuts to Legislature's budgets
   
• 03/31/10:   Oklahoma Budget Cuts May Damage Services
  
  
• 03/29/10:   Oklahoma leaders wrangling over equitable spending plan for the year
   
• 02/19/10:   CareerTech Closes 4 Prison-based Programs
                   Governor, Lawmakers Tackle Budget Shortfall
   
• 02/05/10:   Letter to the Editor: Debilitating effect
    
• 02/01/10:   Budget woes hogtie state prison rodeo
                   Officers payouts to be 1.2 million
   
• 01/27/10:   New budget deal keeps 10 percent cuts in place
   
• 01/26/10:   Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, state lawmakers reach deal on 2010 budget
   
• 01/21/10:   CareerTech board accepts buyouts, agrees to develop RIF plan
      
• 01/13/10:   Oklahoma Hasn't Hit Bottom Yet
                   State Revenues Stay On Decline
                   Fire Marshal Commission implementing furlough plan
                   Caregiver Cutbacks
      
• 01/08/10:   Tax Commission to furlough employees
   

• 12/21/09:   Treasurer: Oklahoma Budget Will Decrease by 20 Percent Next Year
                   Terrill Says Clock Ticking on Voluntary Buyout Plan
                   State's Budget Deficit Biggest
   
• 12/15/09:   Gov. Henry, Legislative Leaders Increase Budget Cuts to 10 Percent
                   Agency Funding Cuts Doubled as Revenue Shortfall Continues           
                 
• 12/03/09:   Parole plea: Legislature should weigh policy change
                   Voluntary Deferred Payment and Early Retirement Plan Provides Alternative to Furloughs and Saves State Money
   
• 11/20/09:    Senate Republican Caucus Calls On Governor To Bring Legislature In For December Special Session
         
• 11/19/09:   Benge Gloomy on State's Finances
                   Buyout Proposal for Careertech Headed to Board
      
• 11/18/09:   Henry tackles state budget woes
                   Furloughs at parole board are criticized
   
• 11/17/09:   Gov. Henry Outlines Budget Plan
                   Oklahoma Leaders Slip on Budget Fix
                   OK-Current cuts insufficient to balance budget, treasurer says
   
• 11/11/09:   Prison Blues
             
• 10/21/09:   Study: Public prison costs may be less
   
• 08/19/09:   Lewis McGee Interview
                            
• 07/15/09:   Meacham: State Takes Revenue Hit, May Face Shortfall in 2010                  
                  
• 07/12/09:   Prison Population Sees Growth Slow
                   State Inmates Processing New Skills
                   Republicans Dissatisfied With Prison Study
                   State Prisons' Growth Rate In Fiscal Year 2008 Is The Lowest In Years
                  
• 05/28/09:   HBO Rides "The Prison Rodeo"
   
• 04/24/09:   Bill To Kill Prison Board Silenced
   
• 04/16/09:   Senator Put Off Panel Amid Prisons Dispute
                   A Recipe for Success
   
• 04/11/09:   "Vindictiveness" Alleged In DOC Amendment
                   Coffee's Agenda
    
• 04/09/09:   Democrats Claim Senate Leader Abusing Power
                   DOC Woes
                   DOC Organizational Shakeup Proposed
   
• 03/03/09:   Fewer Oklahomans on Probation or Parole
            
• 01/21/09:   Budget woes prompt states to rethink prison policy
  
  
• 01/20/09:   Rethink corrections policies or risk federal bout
                   Long-term vision sought for prisons
                   Changes sought to curb Oklahoma jail crowding
                   Group's proposals should be weighed
  
  
• 01/16/09:   Faith Builds Character
                   Long Term Vision Sought for Prisons
  

• 01/14/09:   Success outside Oklahoma prison is job’s goal

• 07/10/08:   Audit Shows Problems Plaguing Prisons
                   Specialized Court Has a Full House
  
  
• 07/08/08:   A Discussion with Justin Jones
  
  
• 05/28/08:   Why Are State Prisons So Full?
  
  
• 02/29/08:   State gives DOC supplemental
  
  
• 02/25/08:   Building character behind prison walls
  
  
• 02/15/08:   Prisons near capacity, corrections board told
                   Governor to propose bond issue to deal with prison crisis
                   Audit should lead to changes

• 01/31/08:   Prison director sets ambitious goals to solve prison crisis
  
  
• 01/30/08:   Prison audit finds department efficient despite funding shortfall
                   Audit finds state prisons are underfunded, antiquated
  
  
• 01/23/08:   Prisons Audit Bolsters Years of Complaints
  


• 01/22/08:   Audit urges corrections budget hike
  
  
• 01/07/08:   Prison Audit: It's time - finally - for some changes
  
  

• 08/27/07:   Prisons’ GED efforts paying off
  
  
• 08/16/07:   Crisis management: DOC director gives sobering assessment
  
  
• 08/13/07:   Prisons running out of options
                   Corrections director sounds warning
                   Henry addresses prison problem
  
  
• 07/24/07:   New bills require fresh look at the system
  
  
• 07/21/07:   Only in Oklahoma: Big Mac prison riot cost lives, millions
  
  
• 07/18/07:   DOC director welcomes prison audit
  
  
• 05/21/07:   Memorial to honor fallen DOC workers
  
  
• 03/26/07:   Lawmakers approve nearly $10 million, plus a $1 million audit of Department of Corrections finances
  
  
• 03/21/07:   Prison chief says private prisons may evict state prisoners
                   Hinton prison to close
            
• 02/27/07:   Corrections Agency to House Memorial to Fallen Personnel
  
  
• 02/26/07:   DOC Decreases Supplemental Funds Request
  
  
• 02/20/07:   New ADA Unit at JHCC
  
  
• 02/15/07:   Most Killers Aren't in Maximum Security
                   State, County Agree on Inmate Move
                   Judge’s Ruling May Not Solve Backlog Problem
   
• 02/05/07:   Tulsa World News Article - Groundhog Day redux?
  
  
• 01/31/07:   Governor Henry Outlines Crime Agenda
  
  
• 01/29/07:   DOC Project to Help Identify Low Risk Prisoners
  
  
• 01/23/07:   $435 Million Dollar Bond Issue
  
  
• 01/17/07:   Innovative Oklahoma