OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — According to a report from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the Oklahoma County Detention Center failed another surprise inspection.
In the 36-page document, state health officials cited written complaints of bed bugs, roaches, and mice.
It also detailed staff members failing to provide inmates the opportunity to bathe at least three times each week.
Another page stated workers were not doing the required number of safety checks, especially on risk inmates, with some later dying.
Mark Faulk, with the People’s County for Justice Reform, said the report is the worst he’s seen out of the near dozen that have already been issued.
“These problems are not a problem of the building. These problems are a problem of poor management and unconstitutional management,” said Faulk.
Faulk also added, “If this were a private business, it would have been shut down three to four years ago.”
The inspection was done in May, as a follow-up for one previously conducted in December.
Interim CEO of the Oklahoma County Detention Center, Paul Timmons, sent News 4 a statement about the findings in the report.
