@briokc.bsky.socialBrianna Bailey
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Managing editor for @readfrontier.bsky.social. I report on Oklahoma and live here too.
@briokc.bsky.social@briokc.bsky.social@briokc.bsky.social@briokc.bsky.social24 former students who attended New Lifehouse Academy over the past decade told The Frontier that the program relied on control and isolation. Former students said punishments included physical exercise, food restriction, outdoor labor, and writing Bible verses.
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@briokc.bsky.socialOutside groups that sometimes try to hide their financial backers are spending millions on political ads.
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readfrontier.orgWho bought that ad? We’re following the money in Oklahoma electionsOutside groups that sometimes try to hide their financial backers are spending millions on political ads.
@briokc.bsky.socialTulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols says the city will close its jail. The announcement comes one day after @readfrontier.bsky.social published video and reporting on a man who died in a restraint device there. www.readfrontier.org/stories/tuls...
readfrontier.orgTulsa mayor orders closure of city jail after Frontier investigationTulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols ordered the immediate closure of the Tulsa Municipal Jail after The Frontier's investigation into the death of Justin Benner.
@briokc.bsky.socialA man died at the Tulsa city jail after detention officers placed him in a full-body restraint device. The video is hard to watch, but we at @readfrontier.bsky.social hope it will shed light on conditions at the jail, where at least seven have died since 2023. www.readfrontier.org/stories/tuls...
readfrontier.orgTulsa 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.
@briokc.bsky.socialNEW: Oklahoma officials across the state signed confidentiality deals with data center developers. Records obtained by @readfrontier.bsky.social show some agreements even barred officials from disclosing the existence of the NDAs themselves. READ MORE: www.readfrontier.org/stories/how-...
readfrontier.orgHow data center developers won secrecy pledges from Oklahoma officialsOne contract required public officials to keep secret that a confidentiality agreement even existed. At least one agreement allows the companies to sue cities to enforce the terms of the deals, someti...