Housed 85 Comanche County prisoners in June, for periods ranging from one day (15 inmates) to 30 days (seven inmates), at a total cost of $35,955.The inmates were incarcerated for periods ranging from two days (five inmates) to 13 days (one inmate). Housed 25 Comanche County prisoners between May19 and May 29,ata cost of $5,715.The former state health commissioner issued a “Quarantine Compliance Order” for the CCDC on May 16 that forbid the county jail from admitting any new inmates until the commissioner is satisfied that individuals in the CCDC are no longer considered to be “a threat to public health.” The county also was directed to take whatever steps are necessary “to prevent and control” the COVID-19 outbreak.Īs a direct result, the Tillman County Jail: The county jail in Frederick is a 90-bed medium-security facility. Incarcerating Comanche County prisoners at Frederick, which is about 47 miles southwest of Lawton, “keeps us local,” Bill Hobbs, administrator of the Comanche County Detention Center (CCDC), said Monday.Īlso, the Tillman County Jail has sufficient space to accommodate Comanche County’s needs at the moment. The county is served by several school districts and Cameron University in education as well as three hospitals for health care.LAWTON – To comply with a State Health Department mandate to admit no more inmates to the Comanche County Detention Center for the time being because of a coronavirus outbreak, Comanche County has sent its new detainees arrested over the past three months to Tillman County.Ĭomanche County commissioners signed an agreement to pay $45 per day for each inmate lodged in the Tillman County Jail. The governance of the county is led by a three commission board, which are elected in four year staggered terms.
Interstate 44 and three major US Highways serve the county by ground, while the Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport serves the county by air.Ĭomanche County's economy is largely based in the government sector which consist of half of the county's Gross Domestic Product. The landscape of the county is typical of the Great Plains with flat topography and gently rolling hills, while the areas in the north are marked by the Wichita Mountains.
The region has three cities and seven towns as well as the Fort Sill military installation and Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. It was named for the Comanche tribal nation.Comanche County is included in the Lawton, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area.īuilt on former reservation lands of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache in Indian Territory, Comanche County was open for settlement on Augby lottery. The county was created in 1901 as part of Oklahoma Territory. As of the 2010 census, the population was 124,098, making it the fifth-most populous county in Oklahoma. Some of the cities, towns, and places in Comanche County are Bethel, Cache, Chattanooga, Elgin, Faxon, Fletcher, Geronimo, Indiahoma, Lawton, Medicine Park, Meers, Pumpkin Center, SterlingĬomanche County is a county located in the U.S.
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