OKLAHOMA CITY – Two media outlets on Wednesday sued the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for violating the state’s open records act by failing to provide information about a Watonga immigration detention center.
The suit, brought by nonprofit media outlets Oklahoma Voice and the Frontier, alleges the state agency failed to provide an unredacted contract it signed with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning the resumption of operations of the 2,160-bed Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga.
CoreCivic, a private prison company, operates the facility, which houses ICE detainees…