Articles
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Criminal Justice
Unlocking Oklahoma: Criminal justice reform in 2018
It’s been nearly two years since the passage of State Questions 780 and 781, but legislative work toward reforming Oklahoma’s justice system lags behind the progress made at the ballot box.Cody Ray Milner | March 1, 2018
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Higher Education, Criminal Justice
FBI monitoring Chinese-run Confucius Institutes
The FBI is concerned that an arm of the Chinese government has a major presence on more than 100 American college and university campuses, including the University of Oklahoma, according to recent testimony before a U. S. Senate committee.Mike Brake | February 27, 2018
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Budget & Tax, Criminal Justice
Back to basics
On Monday, Gov. Mary Fallin will deliver her final State of the State address to open the 2018 legislative session. For the governor in her final year in office, and for the Legislature in the second year of session, there’s plenty of unfinished business.Jonathan Small | February 2, 2018
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Criminal Justice
Enact criminal-justice reform
Oklahoma incarcerates women at double the rate of Thailand. Our female incarceration rate is not just the highest in the U.S., it’s the highest on the planet.Andrew Speno | January 29, 2018
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Criminal Justice
The unfinished business of criminal justice reform
When Oklahoma voters approved State Questions 780 and 781 in 2016, they made themselves perfectly clear: Criminal justice reform is a top priority for Oklahoma.Jonathan Small | September 14, 2017
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Criminal Justice
Justice reform second chance
When Oklahoma voters approved State Questions 780 and 781 in 2016, they made themselves perfectly clear: Criminal justice reform is a top priority for Oklahoma.Jonathan Small | July 21, 2017
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Criminal Justice
An update on criminal justice reform in Oklahoma
As these measures show, policymakers are working to follow the direction set by voters with State Questions 780 and 781.Cody Ray Milner | July 5, 2017
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Criminal Justice
Oklahoma’s prison crisis: Working towards a solution
Last month in these pages, we explored the enormous cost of Oklahoma’s state prison system and the extraordinary growth in new prisoners that will require adding more prisons in the next two years.Jonathan Small & Trent England | March 1, 2017
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Criminal Justice
Oklahoma’s Prison Crisis: The Enormous Cost of Doing Nothing
Oklahoma’s prisons are in a state of emergency—fiscally and literally. Oklahoma’s prison population is projected to grow by 25 percent over the next decade, at a cost of nearly $2 billion to taxpayers.Jonathan Small & Trent England | February 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Criminal Justice
How to Increase Labor Force Participation in Oklahoma
Both in Oklahoma and nationally, the labor force participation rate has modestly improved since a steep decline caused by the Great Recession, but that recovery from a cyclical decline has likely peaked.William Freeland | January 1, 2017