[5][6] After a year of closure starting in 2015, the facility was reopened under lease and has been operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

(The prisoners were transferred to CCA's nearby Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma, which was subsequently closed.

He had previously served as the Chief of Security at Camino Nuevo Correctional Facility in Albuquerque, NM and as a Lieutenant and S.O.R.T Commander at Dawson State Jail in Dallas, TX.

In October 2011 a riot involving inmates from California resulted in 46 prisoners hurt, with 16 of those sent to local hospitals.

[10] A subsequent prisoners' lawsuit sought to blame the disturbance on poorly trained guards and "reckless understaffing".