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In Oklahoma, the search for an effective bullying response continues

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Written By: Ari Fife If you or a loved one are experiencing thoughts of suicide, call 988, Oklahoma’s mental health lifeline.  (OKMULGEE, Okla.) Eli was a vibrant 12-year-old who liked...

With few other options, Oklahoma County jail officials approve a new deal with Turn Key Health Clinics after company threatens to walk out

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Written By: Brianna Bailey (OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Okla.) The Oklahoma County jail trust has approved a $7.4-million deal with medical provider Turn Key Health Clinics after the company said...

Three prisoners died at an Oklahoma private prison after guards skipped security checks and falsified records

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Written By: Ashlynd Huffman (LAWTON, Okla.) Matthew Treat died of a fentanyl overdose on his bunk at Oklahoma’s last remaining private prison. When guards found his body, he had been...

At the Oklahoma County jail, a lack of staff means security checks often get skipped

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Written By: Maddy Keyes (OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Okla.) No one came to help when Dina “Latrell” Kirven collapsed at the Oklahoma County Detention Center.  Read this story on The Frontier...

As Kevin Stitt called for more election spending transparency, his supporters used dark money to hide donors

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Written by: Clifton Adcock (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) When he took the podium before a joint session of the Oklahoma Legislature to deliver his 2023 State of the State address, Gov. Kevin...

Prosecutors drop charges against seven former staffers accused of abuse at Oklahoma center for people with developmental disabilities

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Written By: Kayla Branch (ENID, Okla.) The Garfield County District Attorney’s Office has dropped charges against seven former staff members accused of systemic abuse at an Enid center...

Oklahoma’s oil industry touts a voluntary fund to clean up oil wells. Major drillers want their contributions refunded.

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 Written By: Mark Olade, ProPublica, and Nick Bowlin, Capital & Main ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that...

This company promised to improve health care in jails. Dozens of its patients have died.

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Written by: Briann Bailey, Cary Aspinwall, and Sachi McClendon, The Marshall Project (NORMAN, Okla.) Two days after Thanksgiving in 2022, Shannon Hanchett walked into an AT&T store for a...

Delayed reports of alleged abuse continue to plague an Oklahoma center for people with developmental disabilities

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Written By: Kayla Branch (ENID, Okla.) An incident report said a resident at a troubled center for people with developmental disabilities in Enid fell in the shower. But a staff member...

Oklahoma court rules that moms who use medical marijuana while pregnant aren’t breaking the law

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Written By: Brianna Bailey  (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Women with state medical cards who use marijuana during pregnancy can’t be prosecuted for child neglect, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal...