State Question 780

Drug treatment courts help those charged with drug and alcohol offenses straighten out their lives, with documented success. But, efforts to reform Oklahoma's criminal justice system are causing unintended consequences for the program.

Oklahoma has made some big changes to its justice system in recent years. Activists and lawmakers proposed big picture reforms and some of the suggestions…

Governor Kevin Stitt commuted prison sentences for 147 people Friday who were convicted of crimes that Oklahoma voters chose to make misdemeanors.Of those…

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel…

Nearly 500 Oklahoma inmates were released Monday. We speak with Steve Bickley, executive director for the state's Pardon and Parole Board.

Hundreds of Oklahomans serving felony sentences for crimes that are now misdemeanors were freed on Monday.Voters reclassified drug possession and property…

The state of Oklahoma plans to release hundreds of prisoners Monday after their sentences were reduced by the state's Pardon and Parole Board. 462 state…

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and sitting in for Ryan Kiesel is ACLU Oklahoma…

Multiple polls show the majority of Oklahoma voters support criminal justice reforms.Survey data commissioned by Oklahoma Public Radio stations for the…

Criminal justice measures moving through the legislative process got a boost this week as Gov. Kevin Stitt announced a new initiative Wednesday focused on…