Brianna Bailey

4 weeks ago | tahlequahdailypress.com | Brianna Bailey

The medical contractor at the center of a joint investigation by The Frontier and The Marshall Project is exiting the Cleveland County Detention Center after almost two decades. TK Health, formerly known as Turn Key Health Clinics, said in a letter dated March 6 that it would not renew its contract with Cleveland County. The company said it would leave the jail on June 30. kAm“%96 %z w62=E9 E62> 92D 4@?E:?F65 E@ 6?92?46 E96 56=:G6CJ @7 962=E9 D6CG:46D 2E E96 56E6?E:@?

1 month ago | oudaily.com | Brianna Bailey

The medical contractor at the center of a joint investigation by The Frontier and The Marshall Project is exiting the Cleveland County Detention Center after almost two decades. TK Health, formerly known as Turn Key Health Clinics, said in a letter dated March 6 that it would not renew its contract with Cleveland County. The company said it would leave the jail on June 30.

1 month ago | eufaulaindianjournal.com | Brianna Bailey

Gov. Kevin Stitt has granted parole for Wayne Thompson, who was 15 when he murdered his sister’s abuser. Thompson, now 58, has spent more than four decades behind bars for the 1983 killing of Charles Keene, his sister Vickie’s ex-husband, in Grady County. Cindy Welch, another of Thompson’s three sisters, started crying Monday when she got word Thompson’s release had been approved. “I can’t explain how happy this makes me,” Welch said.

1 month ago | kosu.org | Sierra Pfeifer |Brianna Bailey

This story was produced in partnership with The Frontier. Gov. Kevin Stitt has granted parole for Wayne Thompson, who was 15 when he murdered his sister’s abuser. Thompson, now 58, has spent more than four decades behind bars for the 1983 killing of Charles Keene, his sister Vickie’s ex-husband, in Grady County. Cindy Welch, another of Thompson’s three sisters, started crying Monday when she got word Thompson’s release had been approved. “I can’t explain how happy this makes me,” Welch said.

1 month ago | oklahoman.com | Brianna Bailey

Brianna BaileyThe FrontierAfter failed health inspections at most of Oklahoma’s county detention centers, a bill at the Legislature would allow jailers to ask the state for waivers from rules that set basic standards for humane conditions. Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, is quoted in a Senate press release saying that the bill creates standards for jail conditions. But Oklahoma has required state health inspections to determine whether jails meet basic health and safety standards since the 1970s.