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SHERMAN, TX -- A young girl and her boyfriend are hospitalized after being attacked by a man with a knife. Police say the stabbing happened on a wooded lot that serves as a shortcut through a neighborhood.More >> SHERMAN, TX -- A young girl and her boyfriend are hospitalized after being attacked by a man with a knife. Police say the stabbing happened on a wooded lot that serves as a shortcut through a neighborhood.More >> TEXOMA - Emergency officials say it's been a late starting season for severe weather in Texoma, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't be prepared. Officials say this week's severe weather may have takenMore >> TEXOMA - Emergency officials say it's been a late starting season for severe weather in Texoma, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't be prepared. Officials say this week's severe weather may have takenMore >> SULPHUR, OK-- Excitement is growing in the city of Sulphur as the Chickasaw Nation prepares to officially open the new Artesian hotel more than 50 years after the original burned to the ground. From movieMore >> SULPHUR, OK-- Excitement is growing in the city of Sulphur as the Chickasaw Nation prepares to officially open the new Artesian hotel more than 50 years after the original burned to the ground. From movieMore >> PARIS, TX -- More than eight hours after the murder investigation began, Paris police detectives continued to collect evidence from the scene. Captain Danny Huff says three men with their faces coveredMore >> PARIS, TX -- More than eight hours after the murder investigation began, Paris police detectives continued to collect evidence from the scene. Captain Danny Huff says three men with their faces coveredMore >> ARDMORE, OK-- Over the last week gas prices seem to be going from high to higher, and it has Texomans talking."I'm totally in shock!" That was Delores Courtright's first reaction when she noticed gasMore >> ARDMORE, OK-- Over the last week gas prices seem to be going from high to higher, and it has Texomans talking."I'm totally in shock!" That was Delores Courtright's first reaction when she noticed gasMore >> SHERMAN, TX---- Retailers in downtown Sherman are celebrating. Today, dozens of residents showed up for the dedication of a long-awaited improvement project. The "Downtown Sherman Streetscape Project"More >> SHERMAN, TX---- Retailers in downtown Sherman are celebrating. Today, dozens of residents showed up for the dedication of a long-awaited improvement project.More >> TEXOMA -- For the KTEN viewing area, you could say we dodged a bullet Wednesday night as the life-threatening weather stayed to our south and west. However our area did not escape completely unharmed.More >> TEXOMA -- For the KTEN viewing area, you could say we dodged a bullet Wednesday night as the life-threatening weather stayed to our south and west.
More >> MONTAGUE COUNTY, TX -- Residents reported seeing tornadoes at different locations around the county, including two different areas where homes were damaged.
More >> MONTAGUE COUNTY, TX -- Residents reported seeing tornadoes at different locations around the county, including two different areas where homes were damaged.
More >> DENISON -- A candidate for the next Governor of Texas made a visit to Texoma on Thursday. Tom Pauken spoke at a Rotary Club meeting at a Best Western hotel in Denison. He declared his Republican candidacyMore >> DENISON -- A candidate for the next Governor of Texas made a visit to Texoma on Thursday. Tom Pauken spoke at a Rotary Club meeting at a Best Western hotel in Denison. He declared his Republican candidacyMore >> PONTOTOC COUNTY, OK-- A Texoma family is without a home after a small tornado passed through a Pontotoc County trailer park, Just two miles northwest of Ada.A caught on camera by a resident shows an unexpectedMore >> PONTOTOC COUNTY, OK-- A Texoma family is without a home after a small tornado passed through a Pontotoc County trailer park, Just two miles northwest of Ada.A caught on camera by a resident shows an unexpectedMore >>
According to the Oklahoma department of corrections, the state's prison system needs $6.3 million before the next fiscal year, Or they'll be forced to start refusing inmates which then leads to overcrowding at the county jails.
"As it is right now we're running at probably 98 to 99 percent capacity. I'm sure I'm not the only in the state because most of us are. There's close to two-thousand inmates waiting to go to the department of corrections," Carter County sheriff Ken Grace said.
D.OC officials saID right now there are 1,700 inmates that have been sentenced to prison and are waiting to be transferred from county jails.
'Normally in the past whenever we go over what we're licensed for we notify the department of corrections and declare an emergency that we're over populated and at that time they usually make room to take five or ten inmates to get us back to where we should be."
D.OC officials said their inmate population continues to grow.
"We've had a net growth of about eight to nine hundred inmates this last year," Department of Corrections P.IO Jerry Massie said.
Officials also said the main problem is they're facing is not having enough beds. They also said it costs them about 16 to 17 thousand dollars a year just to house one inmate.
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