For some law enforcement agencies, audit of untested rape kits a daunting task
Tulsa Police Department so far has audited five years that span through 2010 to 2016 and found 680 untested rape kits.
Secret surveillance orders by Oklahoma law enforcement are increasing, and proposed law would expand their use
The orders are immediately sealed by a judge upon being granted, but occasionally a few are accidentally filed publicly, allowing a glimpse at some hidden law enforcement powers.
‘Return to its roots’: New facilities and cultural shift change course of state juvenile justice agency
“You can’t disrupt something from the inside. The idea is when you come from outside, from something with different perspective, that’s when you can disrupt things. We very intentionally wanted to disrupt business as usual at OJA.”
‘The Kingpin’
Prosecutors say Oklahoma City pain management doctor Harvey Jenkins Jr.’s opioid prescribing habits made him a danger to society. Jenkins says he’s the victim of a political witch hunt.
As filing deadline for 2018 election nears, Tulsa County’s District Attorney looks back at his first term
“If someone is going to look over whatever legacy I’m going to have, they may say “There goes Steve Kunzweiler, he’s kind of a hard-ass, but you always knew he was telling you the truth.’ I think that’s the best measure for me.”
Nonprofit aims to show film on women’s incarceration in all counties before November elections
Ellen Stackable, executive director of Poetic Justice, has an ambitious goal: To show the 22-minute documentary in each of Oklahoma’s 77 counties before elections kick off in November.
Oklahoma prison officials show photographs of crumbling infrastructure, ask Legislature for $1.53 billion
“The sky is falling and you’ve heard me say that before, but it’s actually gotten worse,” Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh said.
After shrinking in 2016, Oklahoma’s prisoner population may be on the rise again
While an effort is ongoing to lower the state’s prison figures, it may be too early to celebrate the new federal data that shows a 6 percent decline in the state’s prison population.