The Frontier is tracking every jail death in Oklahoma in 2019. We hope to uncover more about how and why people die in Oklahoma jails. 

The raise, which was voted on by the board after it was discussed in executive session, puts Sullivan’s annual salary at $330,000.

While state politicians have said the key to stopping mass shootings is an increase in mental health funding, mental health experts say the issue is more nuanced.

One mother said employees would only allow her son to sit on a hard plastic chair with a piece of paper taped to it that read, “(Eric) only.” He was kept secluded from other boys, she said.

Most politicians questioned by The Frontier in the wake of the recent mass shootings in Texas and Ohio supported mental health reforms and the Second Amendment.