# The Frontier: Illuminating journalism Generated by Yoast SEO v28.1, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [](https://www.readfrontier.org/donate/) - [Support The Frontier with a donation](https://www.readfrontier.org/donate-archive-2026/) - [](https://www.readfrontier.org/newsletters/): Every Frontier investigation is free to read and share\. Watchdogs makes it easier to follow our reporting, hear directly from our journalists and understand what happens after a story is published\. - [](https://www.readfrontier.org/political-ads/): Outside groups that sometimes try to hide their financial backers are spending millions on political ads\. - [Frontier Impact: Tulsa Municipal Jail Investigation](https://www.readfrontier.org/frontier-impact-tulsa-municipal-jail-investigation/): Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols ordered Tulsa's municipal jail to close after the Frontier published an investigation into deaths there\. Here's a look at how the stories were created, and how the public responded\. ## Media - [tulsa municipal jail](https://www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tulsa-municipal-jail-e1523986459168.jpg): Tulsa Municipal Jail\. CLIFTON ADCOCK/The Frontier - [T\.W\. Shannon](https://www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tw-shannonfromPremierConsultingPartners.jpeg): T\.W\. Shannon - [Deaths inside Tulsa’s municipal jail](https://www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Deaths-inside-Tulsas-municipal-jail.jpg) - [wrap1](https://www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/wrap1-scaled.jpeg): Tulsa Municipal Jail detention officers didn’t conduct a required medical screening before wrestling Justin Benner into a mummy\-like restraint device known as “The WRAP” on September 18, 2025\. screenshot from Tulsa Police Department body camera footage - [image](https://www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-2.png): Justin Benner\. 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He was dead within an hour\.](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/tulsa-police-took-him-to-the-city-jail-instead-of-a-hospital-video-shows-he-was-dead-within-an-hour/): Justin Benner pleaded for help as detention officers wrestled him into a full\-body restraint device and left him alone in a cell\. - [Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma's illegal medical marijuana market](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/gangsters-money-and-murder-how-chinese-organized-crime-is-dominating-oklahomas-illegal-medical-marijuana-market/): A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime\. - ['Aggressively moderate Democrat:' Joy Hofmeister talks about her politics as she gears up for gubernatorial run](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/aggressively-moderatedemocrat-joy-hofmeister-talks-politics-as-she-gears-up-for-gubernatorial-run/): State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister talks to The Frontier about her run for governor, where she falls on the political spectrum, and about her views on education, abortion access and more\. - ['No mental help:' Man's death in jail preceded by pleas for help from family, they say](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/death-in-jail-preceded-by-pleas-for-help-from-family-they-say/): Stephens’ mother Shannon Stephens and his aunt say they left messages at the detention center’s administrative offices dozens of times in the months leading up to his death\. - [OU's 'VIP' COVID\-19 test list included the governor's parents](https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/ous-vip-covid-19-test-list-included-the-governors-parents/): While most people who call OU Medicine seeking an appointment for a drive\-through COVID\-19 test have to wait a few days for the next opening, the hospital has reserved a few “VIP” slots for some to get a same\-day test\. ## Special Projects - [Shot by Shot: Tracking Oklahoma Police shootings in 2022](https://www.readfrontier.org/special-projects/shot-by-shot-tracking-oklahoma-police-shootings-in-2022/): Oklahoma police have shot at least 48 people so far in 2022\. 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