Oklahoma’s county jails face rising insurance and liability pressures (Capitol Update) - Oklahoma Policy Institute

Oklahoma’s county jails face rising insurance and liability pressures (Capitol Update) - Oklahoma Policy Institute

Last week, Senator David Bullard, R-Durant, sponsored an interesting and important interim study on insurance rates for county jails before the Senate Local and County Government Committee, chaired by Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain. The study featured testimony from several county commissioners whose jail liability insurance had become unavailable in satisfactory amounts either due to the increased cost of premiums, reduction of coverage by t…