A growing population at the Oklahoma County Detention Center again has officials seeking solutions.
The daily headcount is in the 1,700s, after ranging from around 1,200 to some 1,500 last year, jail records show. Minus those facing or charged with low-level, nonviolent crimes, the tally would be around 1,300, interim jail CEO Paul Timmons said.
The increase led District 1 County Commissioner Jason Lowe, who is a criminal defense lawyer, Sheriff Tommie Johnson III, and Timmons to a three-way discussion of costs to the county versus help for defendants at the Aug. 21 meeting of the County Budget Board…