State prisons face desperate times, Oklahoma DOC chief says

The Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester

Overcrowding, lack of programs, botched executions create dilemma that might not be reversible

Oklahoma's prisons are ugly, ancient, overcrowded and in total disrepair, according to Department of Corrections Interim Director Joe Allbaugh.

But that's only a part of the problem facing DOC, he