Sheriff revolt over county jail conditions shines spotlight on low funding
StateImpact Oklahoma
English - April 12, 2019 01:56 - 4 minutes - 4.51 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPolitics News news npr oklahoma radio stateimpact kgou local impact kosu state Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A county sheriff and her staff quit after refusing a judge's order to bring prisoners back to a jail they called unsafe. The move shined a national spotlight on bleak conditions in the Nowata County Jail. The problems can be traced back to low funding -- a problem many Oklahoma sheriffs can are familiar with.