Watonga

Where is Romanos?

Watonga, Oklahoma.

Okay.

So north central Oklahoma, is

Ashton Caldwell has more on an ACLU letter claiming unlawful conditions inside the lockup.

The Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga sat empty for 15 years.

But in 2025, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the federal government signed a $100 million contract, giving a private prison company the authority to detain migrants at the aging facility.

Now, immigrants' rights advocates have sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security condemning the conditions of the detention center.

And so to lock them up in a private prison, especially if, if, if there's no indication that the person is a threat to the society, and if it can be established that they're likely to come back to court, why do they continue to fill up these prisons? That right now, I think, you know, the taxpayers are paying somewhere in the realm of between $150 and $200 a day per detainee.

And so the facility in Watonga, I think their estimates are they're going to make $100 million off that facility a year.

yeah

so again detaining people who would otherwise be at work probably mostly were arrested on their way to work and find themselves there now

But 8-1 and then 8-4.

They beat Watonga 8-1.

They beat Morrison 8-4.

So they're in the catbird seat of their regional tournament with one win today.

We've got one right here at Merritt.

The Oilerettes will take on Watonga at 11, and then Morrison and Texoma at 1 o'clock.

Losers 2 o'clock.

Winners will play at 3.30 there.

Tishomingo and Hobart.

Blackwell and Watonga.

Some big games outside of our area.

Carl Albert and Dell City.

Coming up here in A2 District 1.

Hinton at Moreland, Sarah at Little Axe, and Watonga will play Newkirk.

A fun one down, the Greer County versus, oh, what's that called? Let's hold it in.

It just flew out of my mind.