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Sen. Morgan says Oklahoma has always been tough on crime, but now it's time to be smart as well.
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Showing: July, 2005
Senate leaders Thursday unveiled a bold plan that will eventually put 450 additional corrections officers on the job in Oklahoma prisons and help ensure staffing levels don’t drop to dangerous levels in the future.
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Sen. Corn presents the details of the Senate plan to fix Correction's funding.
Q&A with Sens. Morgan, Corn & Capps
Morgan says corrections has been chronically underfunded, but the Senate's three-prong solution should have the problem fixed within the coming year.
Senate leaders Thursday unveiled a bold plan that will eventually put 450 additional corrections officers on the job in Oklahoma prisons and help ensure staffing levels don’t drop to dangerous levels in the future.
read more.
Sen. Morgan says Oklahoma has always been tough on crime, but now it's time to be smart as well.
Sen. Corn presents the details of the Senate plan to fix Correction's funding.
Q&A with Sens. Morgan, Corn & Capps
Morgan says corrections has been chronically underfunded, but the Senate's three-prong solution should have the problem fixed within the coming year.
Senate leaders Thursday unveiled a bold plan that will eventually put 450 additional corrections officers on the job in Oklahoma prisons and help ensure staffing levels don’t drop to dangerous levels in the future.
read more.
Sen. Morgan says Oklahoma has always been tough on crime, but now it's time to be smart as well.
Sen. Corn presents the details of the Senate plan to fix Correction's funding.
Q&A with Sens. Morgan, Corn & Capps
Morgan says corrections has been chronically underfunded, but the Senate's three-prong solution should have the problem fixed within the coming year.
Senate leaders Thursday unveiled a bold plan that will eventually put 450 additional corrections officers on the job in Oklahoma prisons and help ensure staffing levels don’t drop to dangerous levels in the future.
read more.
Sen. Morgan says Oklahoma has always been tough on crime, but now it's time to be smart as well.
Sen. Corn presents the details of the Senate plan to fix Correction's funding.
Q&A with Sens. Morgan, Corn & Capps
Morgan says corrections has been chronically underfunded, but the Senate's three-prong solution should have the problem fixed within the coming year.
Senate Republican Leader Glenn Coffee said today he doubts Senate Democrats are serious about supporting public safety funding in the state – saying that their proposal for more prison funding seems more like the political equivalent of a “deathbed conversion” than a legitimate change-of-heart.
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Sen. Coffee says he wants Senate Democrats to address public safety as a whole.
In a continued effort to find a comprehensive solution to the prison funding crisis facing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC), the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary heard testimony today from Oklahoma Correctional Officers. Chairman of the Subcommittee, Senator Kenneth Corn, (D-Poteau) said today’s meeting gave subcommittee members a better understanding of how inadequate staffing at state prisons affects correctional officer’s ability to keep themselves and Oklahoma communities safe.
read more.
Sgt. Deborah Powell, correctional officer, discusses staffing shortages.
Lt. William Weldon, Joseph Harpe, discusses staffing shortages.
Q & A with Sen. Corn
In a continued effort to find a comprehensive solution to the prison funding crisis facing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC), the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary heard testimony today from Oklahoma Correctional Officers. Chairman of the Subcommittee, Senator Kenneth Corn, (D-Poteau) said today’s meeting gave subcommittee members a better understanding of how inadequate staffing at state prisons affects correctional officer’s ability to keep themselves and Oklahoma communities safe.
read more.
Sgt. Deborah Powell, correctional officer, discusses staffing shortages.
Lt. William Weldon, Joseph Harpe, discusses staffing shortages.
Q & A with Sen. Corn
In a continued effort to find a comprehensive solution to the prison funding crisis facing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC), the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary heard testimony today from Oklahoma Correctional Officers. Chairman of the Subcommittee, Senator Kenneth Corn, (D-Poteau) said today’s meeting gave subcommittee members a better understanding of how inadequate staffing at state prisons affects correctional officer’s ability to keep themselves and Oklahoma communities safe.
read more.
Sgt. Deborah Powell, correctional officer, discusses staffing shortages.
Lt. William Weldon, Joseph Harpe, discusses staffing shortages.
Q & A with Sen. Corn
In protest to a recent Supreme Court ruling, a group of state legislators has formed a task force to find the best solution for fighting eminent domain in Oklahoma.
Founder of the task force, Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, said that the purpose behind the group is to create a piece of legislation for next year's session that will best address the new issue. The Supreme Court in the case of Kelo v. City of New London ruled last month that eminent domain can now be used for private development.
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Sen. Jolley discusses eminent domain in Oklahoma and why a task force is needed.
Rep. Liotta says Supreme Court has abandoned the definition of public use and that the court has ruled but the fight is not over.
Jeramy Rich says the Farm Bureau is very concerned about this latest ruling and is going to work with the legislature to solve this injustice.
Jolley says task force will ensure that property seizures in state remain under traditional definition of public use.
In protest to a recent Supreme Court ruling, a group of state legislators has formed a task force to find the best solution for fighting eminent domain in Oklahoma.
Founder of the task force, Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, said that the purpose behind the group is to create a piece of legislation for next year's session that will best address the new issue. The Supreme Court in the case of Kelo v. City of New London ruled last month that eminent domain can now be used for private development.
read more.
Sen. Jolley discusses eminent domain in Oklahoma and why a task force is needed.
Rep. Liotta says Supreme Court has abandoned the definition of public use and that the court has ruled but the fight is not over.
Jeramy Rich says the Farm Bureau is very concerned about this latest ruling and is going to work with the legislature to solve this injustice.
Jolley says task force will ensure that property seizures in state remain under traditional definition of public use.
