MCALESTER, Okla. — After a House and Senate bill to pay for repairs and improvements to the prison rodeo grounds at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester last session, corrections ...

The Prison Rodeo, at the State Penitentiary in McAlester, brought in fans from around the world which boosted the local economy. Skip to content KFOR.com Oklahoma City ...

Efforts to reestablish a prison rodeo appear to be stalled. Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe this week told a legislative panel his agency was no longer pursuing an $8.3 ...

The House in March passed House Bill 3749 by Rep. Jim Grego, R-Wilburton, that would create a revolving fund to restart the prison rodeo at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

A prison rodeo was held in McAlester off and on over seven decades, beginning in 1940. If it’s relaunched, Oklahoma would join Louisiana as the only states to have such an event involving inmates.

Oklahoma lawmakers continued their efforts to revive Oklahoma’s prison rodeo after an interim study was held this week. The last prison rodeo at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester was ...

Sep. 14—Oklahoma officials continue to ask questions about reviving the prison rodeo that was held at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Budget cuts, low attendance, and crumbling ...

This Sept. 20, 1941, photo had the caption: "The broncs were at their bucking best for the state penitentiary rodeo at McAlester Saturday, but some of the prison's convict cowboys, like this one ...

MCALESTER — A proposed budget from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections includes a request for funding to rehabilitate the state penitentiary prison rodeo arena – a necessary step in ...

Department of Corrections looking at reviving annual prison rodeo. ... MCALESTER, Okla. — For more than 60 years, Oklahoma inmates got a taste of freedom and fun in the form of a prison rodeo.

A Senate panel on Wednesday passed a bill that would provide $8.3 million to restart the prison rodeo in McAlester. Senate Bill 1427, by Sen. Darcy Jech, R-Kingfisher, passed by a vote of 5-0 and ...