As Tulsa Jail costs rise, staffing levels deteriorate
The Tulsa Jail employed 452 detention officers, supervisors and support staff as of July. That number represents a drop from 496 employees assigned to the jail last July.
State law cloaks CLEET security guard records in secrecy
More than 100 security guards licensed in Oklahoma were disciplined in the past two years for crimes including domestic assault, reckless handling of a firearm, an investigation by The Frontier has found. The state took months and even years to act.
Tulsa nursing home where man burned to death has troubled history
A 68-year-old disabled man, Roger McNerney, died Aug. 5 at Parks Edge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after his clothing caught fire. Records show the home has been cited twice since October 2015 for placing residents in immediate jeopardy due to accidents.
TCSO opposes requests for personnel file of ex-deputy charged with rape
Attorneys for a woman involved in a domestic case with former TCSO Deputy Joshua Wood sent a subpoena to the sheriff’s office July 27 for records including Wood’s personnel file, jail incident reports, investigative reports and “dead files” about Wood.
Jail’s watchdog submitted few reports while inmates were injured, died
The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office hired a nurse employed by its medical contractor to oversee the company in 2014. Since then, at least seven prisoners have died from various causes but she has produced no reports about the deaths, records show.
Years of warnings preceded veteran’s slow death in Tulsa jail
An investigation by The Frontier finds that TCSO and county officials mostly ignored years of warnings that the jail’s medical system was largely a failure. Prisoners including Elliott Williams died.
Decade of indifference: Prisoners died while county ignored years of warnings
One year before a paralyzed veteran endured a slow death without food or water on the floor of his cell, an assistant district attorney sent an ominous email warning the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office not to ignore “any and all signs” of trouble with the jail’s health-care system.
Decade of indifference: Prisoners died while county ignored years of warnings
One year before a paralyzed veteran endured a slow death without food or water on the floor of his cell, an assistant district attorney sent an ominous email warning the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office not to ignore “any and all signs” of trouble with the jail’s health-care system.
