Rape kit task force members get into heated confrontation as issues arise over leadership
As primary elections approach, the effort to reform how Oklahoma treats rape kits has started to become political.
Attorney general challenger to address recommendations on rape kit reform
Gentner Drummond, a Tulsa lawyer running for the state’s attorney general post, is attending Thursday’s Rape Kit Task Force meeting, and will address the status of Oklahoma’s untested rape kits.
Oklahoma’s teen pregnancy prevention programs look ahead as judge orders feds to process funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last summer it planned to end grants for teenage pregnancy prevention programs, which would pull millions of dollars from Oklahoma initiatives.
Despite missing rape kit audits, task force says it’s on track to present findings
Nearly 120 law enforcement agencies have failed to submit audits of their untested rape kits. Still, task force members say they have more than enough reports to move forward.
For survivors of sexual assault: Help us investigate how Oklahoma treats rape kits
If you are a survivor of sexual assault who has provided a rape kit to law enforcement, we would like to speak with you.
Teen’s death in juvenile detention center result of neglect, indifference, lawsuit claims
Juvenile detention center staff allegedly acted with “reckless neglect” and “deliberate indifference” toward the teen, Billy Woods, who died by suicide in a regional juvenile detention center in 2016, according to a civil suit filed last month.
Few Oklahoma prisoners recommended for medical parole are released
From 2013 to 2017, only 29 out of 137 prisoners— or 21 percent of medical parole cases that came before the governor and the state’s Pardon and Parole Board — were ultimately approved for release.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Group aims to bring attention to suicide prevention
As Mental Health Awareness Month began Tuesday, Mental Health Association Oklahoma is aiming to draw awareness to many issues facing the state, including suicide, mental illness and homelessness.
