Oklahoma Department of Corrections seeks to keep incident reports for inmate deaths confidential
The Frontier is suing for the release of records after a reported uptick in violence at one state prison.
Ashlynd Baecht June 3, 2025
The Frontier is suing for the release of records after a reported uptick in violence at one state prison.
Ashlynd Baecht May 21, 2025
Only six records remain to be released to The Frontier following Wednesday’s hearing. The records show disciplinary actions by the Tulsa Police Department against its officers. Tulsa’s Fraternal Order of Police has fought against the release of the records.
Ashlynd Baecht May 14, 2025
The City of Tulsa is withholding 66 pages of police officer disciplinary records after the police union went to court to stop their release.
Ashlynd Baecht May 6, 2025
The Tulsa Police Department has already released over 100 pages of records to The Frontier that show disciplinary actions for officers who were found to have violated agency rules.
Ashlynd Baecht April 24, 2025
John Standfill is trying to rebuild after 17 years in prison, but court fines and fees are still holding him back.
Ashlynd Baecht March 27, 2025
John Fitzgerald Hanson had been in federal prison serving time for bank robbery instead of Oklahoma’s death row. Then Trump took office.
Ashlynd Baecht March 21, 2025
The Frontier reported on new details about the death of Elliott Williams, who cried for help as he lay dying on the floor of a cell, paralyzed.
Ashlynd Baecht March 20, 2025
Wendell Grissom was sentenced to death for shooting Amber Dawn Matthews during a home invasion in 2005.
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