… our kids. Been out of her life for three years. But she’s my hope. She’s never given up on me,” Lemus said.
The inmates set to leave are doing time for nonviolent crimes, including drug possession and lower-level property crime.
This move is estimated to save Oklahoma taxpayers nearly $12 million.
Gov. Kevin Stitt joined state and community partners to greet an estimated 70 women whose sentences have been commuted at the Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Facility, an all-women’s prison in Taft.
“The historic commutation of individuals in Oklahoma’s prisons is only possible because our state agencies, elected officials, and partnering organizations put aside politics and worked together to move the needle,” Stitt added.