OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — An inmate at the Oklahoma City Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Federal Transfer Center was sentenced to 15 years for assault with a dangerous weapon and possessing a prohibited object.
According to public records, on Aug. 10, 2023, 41-year-old Jerry Earnest Ballard assaulted another inmate with a shank while in the transfer center. The victim was injured but was able to recover.
Ballard was serving a 28-year sentence for four counts of robbery affecting interstate commerce and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime…