The review comes after reporting by The Frontier found seven preventable deaths at the facility. The Tulsa Police Department previously investigated the deaths and said it found no criminal wrongdoing.
The announcement comes after The Frontier uncovered seven deaths in three years at the jail, including a man detention officers left alone in a restraint device.
After Tulsa announced the closure of its city jail, we’re continuing to report on how police respond to mental health calls. Tell us about your experience.
Justin Benner pleaded for help as detention officers wrestled him into a full-body restraint device and left him alone in a cell.
More than a year after it was due, the state’s plan to provide court-ordered treatment for Oklahoma defendants found incompetent to stand trial has been approved by the consultants overseeing a high-profile consent decree.
The estate of a man who died of a treatable throat infection at the jail alleges officials failed to provide adequate medical care despite a pattern of inmate deaths.
Family members of Olimpia Fisher urged the board to deny mercy, while Cuesta-Rodriguez told members he doesn’t deserve clemency ahead of his scheduled Aug. 13 execution.
Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people jailed on low-level charges. Other counties have already faced civil rights lawsuits.
Across Oklahoma, oilfield wastewater has continued to surface from the ground — even as regulators failed to contain it. This investigation examines how oversight fell short, how contamination spread and how families were left to navigate the consequences.
Chinese criminal networks have taken over much of the illicit marijuana market in Oklahoma, stoking a wave of crime that includes violence, money laundering and human trafficking. And authorities suspect some of those involved have links to powerful forces in the Chinese state.
There have been at least 25 police shootings in Oklahoma this year, at least 14 of which have been fatal.
In a new Listen Frontier episode, councilors break down the moratorium, the tradeoffs and what success looks like when it ends.
