By C1 Staff
MCALESTER, Okla. — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is allowing members of the media inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary to get a look at the newly renovated death chamber.
KOCO reports that prison officials have completely rebuilt the death chamber and adjacent viewing rooms to give executioners more room. They’ve also ordered backup medical equipment and developed new protocols for carrying out executions after a controversial lethal injection in the spring.
Robert Patton, the director of the state prison system, says his agency will be prepared to carry out the next scheduled execution on Nov. 13.