After deaths at Tulsa Municipal Jail, a wrongful death lawsuit targets the private contractor
The mother of a 23-year-old man claims jail employees failed to adequately monitor him after he told them he had recently attempted suicide.
Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing of his ex-girlfriend and her baby
Raymond Eugene Johnson was sentenced to death for beating Brooke Whitaker with a claw hammer and setting her home on fire with Whitaker and her infant daughter still inside.
Tulsa County DA race pits experience against calls for change
Incumbent Steve Kunzweiler is running on a decade of high-profile prosecutions and stability. Challenger Colleen McCarty argues those same years show it’s time for a different approach.
Disability rights watchdog opens probe into Tulsa city jail after Frontier investigation
A federally designated watchdog is examining conditions at the municipal jail, citing concerns over medical care and treatment of people with mental illness.
Oklahoma County cuts jail monitoring staff to close a budget gap, meaning fewer eyes on detainees
It will be up to detention officers at the understaffed jail to monitor detainees as county officials look to cut costs. The jail is “running with a skeleton crew,” an administrator said earlier this year.
Restrictions on in-state tuition and welfare benefits among Oklahoma immigration bills moving forward
Dozens of bills targeting illegal immigration did not advance this legislative session, but a few proposals have survived.
Oklahoma man sentenced to die for Tulsa torture murders one step closer to execution
The Pardon and Parole Board rejects recommending clemency for a man sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend and her baby in 2007.
At the Tulsa city jail, preventable deaths and hidden records
Tulsa city officials are blocking access to records that could answer basic questions about events leading up to detainee deaths.
