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A $74 million deal to outsource Oklahoma’s prison food service operations to the Trinity Services Group was voided after fewer than four weeks.
John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was ...
The House and Senate approved a pair of bills to purchase the state's last private prison outright for $312 million.
John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
Oklahoma has executed death row inmate John Hanson for the 1999 carjacking and murder of a 77-year-old woman and an innocent bystander.
The state of Oklahoma has executed a man convicted in the 1999 murder of a 77 year old woman who was kidnapped at a Tulsa ...
Trinity expects to be operational in all state prisons by mid-December, with some facilities transitioning sooner.
A judge has halted CoreCivic, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered ...
The state expects to take over the facility July 25. “This move not only strengthens our public safety infrastructure, but also reflects our commitment to better outcomes for staff, inmates and the ...
Oklahoma prosecutors say they will pursue a murder charge, but not the death penalty, against longtime death row inmate ...
On May 7, FOX23 told you clemency was denied for Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson, also known as George John ...
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals lifted a district court's stay of execution for John Hanson, allowing his execution on ...