The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) has officially taken over the Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility, finalizing a $312 million purchase that ends all private prison operations ...

The state of Oklahoma has taken ownership of a prison in Lawton, completing a $312 million purchase of what had been the state’s last remaining private prison. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections ...

THIS IS GOING TO BE BETTER FOR INMATES. IN THE 90S, WE WERE OVERCROWDED AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PRIVATE PRISONS THAT HELPED US OUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. PRIVATE PRISONS HAVE A HISTORY IN OKLAHOMA. THEY ...

LAWTON, Okla. (KFDX/KJTL) — The Lawton Correctional Facility will soon have a new owner. According to a release from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, it has entered an agreement to purchase the ...

GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) agreed to sell its Lawton, Oklahoma, correctional facility to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for $312M, the company said on Thursday. The company plans to use the net ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma ...

A House budget committee on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton that the state uses to house about 2,300 inmates. Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Faxon ...

House budget chair Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Faxon, speaks at an announcement of a budget deal for the 2026 fiscal year on May 14. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY — Legislative budget ...

Flooding is impacting Lawton, Oklahoma, after 4-6 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time. News 9 Storm Tracker Tom Pastrano sent a video of a flooded building in Lawton. Several inches of water ...

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A death has been reported at the Lawton Correctional Facility according to a GEO group spokesperson.