Published: October 14, 2010
THE numbers are nothing short of astounding. More than 28,000 state children have parents in prison. That amounts to three out of every 100 Oklahoma children.
These new statistics from the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s annual Kids Count Factbook are troubling but not necessarily surprising. It’s a predictable consequence for being a [...]

by: KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
Thursday, October 14, 2010
10/14/2010 5:24:56 AM
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma has received another large grant to provide services to children whose parents are incarcerated, bringing to $1 million the amount awarded the group within the last month for that purpose.
On Wednesday, [...]

The Oklahoman, September 17th, 2010
Mothers in trouble means their children are in trouble.

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THE OKLAHOMAN EDITORIAL
Published: July 23, 2010
MIGHT there actually be changes afoot in the way Oklahoma handles crime and punishment? If remarks being made by this year’s candidates for governor are an indication, then the answer might be yes.
The candidates are telling voters that it’s long past time to begin being smart on crime, not just [...]

http://journalrecord.com The Journal Record
Plan presented to lower women’s incarceration rate
by April Wilkerson
Published: May 1st, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY – A vicious cycle has earned Oklahoma the distinction of incarcerating women at double the rate of other states.
A girl grows up in a chaotic household, perhaps watching her father beat her [...]

http://www.koco.com/news/23324946/detail.html

Experts: Most Offenders Need Treatment For Substance Abuse
POSTED: 6:01 pm CDT April 30, 2010

OKLAHOMA CITY — State and local leaders are working together on a plan that they hope will reduce the number of women in Oklahoma prisons.A report in February revealed that Oklahoma incarcerates more women than any other [...]

Thursday, 29 April 2010 19:48
Oklahoma State University students and their professor teamed up with The Oklahoma
Commission on the Status of Women and the Women’s Archives at the OSU Library to produce
a comprehensive statistical profile of the status of women in each of Oklahoma’s 77 counties.
“Oklahoma Women’s County Status: Baseline Statistical Report, 2010” was given to [...]

by: NEAL MCCALEB
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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In 2009, The Oklahoma Academy, our state’s premier public policy “think tank and catalyst,” held its annual Town Hall with the year’s topic as Oklahoma’s Criminal Justice System. More than 100 people who represented a cross section of our state’s population — from [...]

BY CARLA HINTON

Published: April 4, 2010

TAFT — Tonia Clower, of Tulsa, clapped her hands and swayed to the gospel music pulsating around her.
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Taft prison chapel helping inmates
Apr 3Learn how the chapel at a Taft correctional center is helping inmates.

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