Oklahoma County Jail

A Justice Department report rips the Oklahoma County jail as a chaotic and largely unsupervised den of "unconscionable” violence, abuse and medical neglect.

Detailed in the federal report are jail deaths, excessive use of force and a "disturbing” incident in which a pregnant woman was handcuffed to a rail for 10 hours while giving birth to a premature baby.
The child died at a metro-area hospital.

However, the seriousness of the report led the U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to transfer 160 federal inmates from the Oklahoma County jail over the weekend to jails in Tulsa and Grady counties until the issues are officially resolved.

The report details excessive inmate-on-inmate violence and use of force by jail staff, an unsanitary kitchen with birds and insects, lack of clothing and showers, several fire hazards and virtually no mental health treatment. There is also an inadequate investigatory process to review deaths and other serious incidents, according to the report.
The U.S. Attorney General could file a lawsuit against Oklahoma County if conditions do not improve, according to the report.

I hope the DOJ takes them over! I am voting NO on the new tax they are going to propoe. At least if DOJ does it then we know it is done right. They have been under investigation since 2003, enough already.If you want to keep him as sheriff fine, BUT he has no business running a jail. I only hope that too many more babies dont die or people get beaten to death before this ends. It makes me sick that this goes on in America.

as of 4-7-10 the conditions have not improved. I'm not sure what the the DOJ investigated but it did not do a good job, it smells like trash the floors are mopped with a dirty mop and this is the visiting room. In late Feb early March one of the floors did not have water for 24 hours. Contacted the person in charge and it was stated that they were working on getting it fixed and they were bring the inmates water every two hours, that was a lie. I understand the reason they have jail, but they are human beings and they dont deserve to be treated like they are living in the wild. I agree with you totally he should not be running a jail and most of the people that he has employed there should not be working there. I feel my tax dollars was poorly spent and someone higher up should take a look into this matter. the DOJ should come unannounced and they would be shocked to see the poor conditions.

you people are fast to forget that these people are not here for helping the homeless or helping old ladies across the street.Excessive use of force is not tolerated.Michelle you have no idea what you are talking about we passed with alot of really good things being said about this place.The main problem is the building its self. And as far as inmates not having water for 24 hours that is only what happens when inmates flood their cells and or use their water in inappropriate ways.If you dont like the way that we as employees run the jail you come and work one day with some of the states harden criminals you try and be their best friends. And as far as people talking about their tax dollars being used poorly what do you think we as guards are paying out of check which ill remind you is not that much. You come up here you apply for a job where u can possibly get hurt or get killed make around 12 dollars a hour get paid once a month work 12 hour shifts and are always understaffed because people call in or quite because of the pay,and then you come to a site like this and read all the false statements written by people who know nothing of how the inside of this place works or what a regular day for a detention officer is like.We are always hiring and I mean always so come on up here michelle come change how terrible everyone gets treated and i am sure that you will understand the only people really mistreated are the people who serve you the Community the detention officers what a way to show respect to those who do a job that 3 out of 4 people would not consider because of the risk we all Appreciate it here at the oklahoma county sheriffs office