inmate Archives - Ponca City Now

Osage County jail changes inmate mail process, adds digital messaging

Thursday, July 2 by News 6

OSAGE COUNTY, Okla. -The Osage County Sheriff’s Office will begin using a new inmate mail and messaging system on July 15, 2026, changing how family and friends send correspondence to inmates at the Osage County Jail. Officials said the changes are intended to improve security by reducing the introduction of contraband while providing a... Read More.

Former Oklahoma death row inmate back in court as case proceeds to retrial in 1997 murder case

Tuesday, June 23 by AP

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma death row inmate who was released from incarceration after nearly three decades is scheduled to be back in court as his case proceeds to a retrial for a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of execution three times. Richard Glossip’s initial conviction was overturned... Read More.

‘We made a mistake:’ Rogers County releases wrong inmate, inmate found short time later

Friday, March 6 by News 6

ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. - The Rogers County Sheriff says it mistakenly released the wrong inmate from the county jail. The inmate was found at a gas station a couple blocks away a short time later and taken back into custody. To put it plainly, Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton says they messed up- but he says his... Read More.

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Former Death Row inmate Richard Glossip returns to court with new judge presiding

Monday, December 29 by News 6

OKLAHOMA CITY - Former Death Row inmate Richard Glossip will appear in court Monday morning for the first time after all Oklahoma County criminal judges recused themselves from the case. Leading Chief District Judge Richard Ogden... Read More.

Inmate escapes from Okfuskee County Jail, considered to be dangerous

Friday, December 26 by KTUL

Joshua Butler (Hughes County Sheriff's Office) OKFUSKEE COUNTY, OKLA. (KTUL) — An inmate has escaped from the Okfuskee County Jail, according to the Hughes County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office reports that the inmate, Joshua Butler, is considered to be dangerous. He is originally from Wetumka and still has family there. Anyone who sees him is asked to... Read More.

Oklahoma pardon and parole board recommends clemency to death row inmate Tremane Wood

Wednesday, November 5 by KOKH

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency be granted to death row inmate Tremane Wood. Wood was convicted in the 2001 deadly stabbing of migrant farmworker Rene Ramirez during a robbery in Oklahoma City. Wednesday's clemency hearing began at 9 a.m. Three board members voted yes to granting clemency... Read More.

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Oklahoma death row inmate Tremane Wood: Inside the Legal Battle to Stop an Execution

Friday, October 31 by News 9

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma death row inmate Tremane Wood is set for execution next month, despite his brother confessing to the murder in court. Wood's legal team is racing against time, staging several last-minute efforts to right where they say Oklahoma's legal system went wrong. In 2002, Wood and his older brother Zjaiton... Read More.

Oklahoma County jail inmate had 39 grams of fentanyl in cell, investigators say

Monday, September 1 by KOKH

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — An inmate at the Oklahoma County Detention Center is facing a new charge after investigators say a large amount of fentanyl was found in her cell. Investigators say they received a tip that led to a targeted cell search inside the facility on Thursday. During the search, narcotics that tested positive for... Read More.

Oklahoma County to pay $55,000 to family of deceased inmate

Friday, July 25 by News 9

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma County leaders have settled a lawsuit this week involving the family of an inmate who died at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in 2022. The Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says Kyle Shaw died from a fentanyl overdose a year after he was booked into jail. Shaw's brother filed a federal lawsuit in... Read More.

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State of Oklahoma executes Death Row inmate John Hanson

Thursday, June 12 by News 9

Oklahoma death row inmate John Hanson was executed by lethal injection at 10:11 a.m. with no complications. Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a statement: "Today, justice was finally served for Mary Bowles and Jerald Thurman. After more than 25 years of waiting, the killer who brutally took these two precious lives has paid the... Read More.

Federal AG Bondi orders inmate transferred to Oklahoma for execution

Saturday, February 15 by The Associated Press

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The President's newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, has ordered the transfer of a federal inmate to Oklahoma so he can be executed, following through on the President's sweeping executive order to more actively support the death penalty. Bondi this week directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons... Read More.

Oklahoma wants federal inmate transferred so he can be put to death

Saturday, January 25 by The Associated Press

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's top prosecutor asked the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he could be executed for his role in the kidnapping and killing of a 77-year-old woman in 1999. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond requested the transfer on Thursday of... Read More.