LEGAL TIP OF THE WEEK: ARE OKLAHOMA PRISONS IN CRISIS? THE CURRENT STATE OF PRISON POPULATION.

The thought of having to go to jail is unappealing, for a variety of reasons. First, you lose your freedom by being locked up and put behind bars. Second, you have a record that may follow you for the rest of your life, and make it difficult to get into school or to get a good job. But there are other reasons going to jail is undesirable, and one of the most important to know about is prison overcrowding. With Oklahoma jails and prisons bursting at the seams, it is getting more and more difficult to effectively tend to the current prison population and adding to that population may prove problematic. For instance, when prisons take on more prisoners than they have space for, medical needs can go unmet as well as figuring out where to put everyone.

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