Okmulgee County Jail Watch

25/08/2023

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/jury-awards-33-million-to-the-family-of-a-man-who-died-in-an-oklahoma-jail-as-staff-mocked-him/

Jail staff admitted in trial testimony that they knew Terral Ellis, a 26-year old father, was in pain but did nothing to help him even as he screamed for help.

12/01/2023

Why we post anonymous reports:

For decades there has been an ongoing systematic effort to suppress transparancy. That lack of transparency has allowed human and civil rights abuses to go unchecked. Reported efforts to suppress information include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Whistleblower retaliation, loss of job, stonewalling careers
2. False arrest
3. Planting of evidence
4. Targeting family members
5. Racking up charges
6. Prolonged sentences
7. Severe physical abuse carried out in a variety of ways
8. Ignoring of open records requests for years, or permanently
9. Intentionally poor record keeping
10. False public statements by jail and local government leadership, and/or their staff
11. Death threats
12. Falsification of records including logs and reports
13. Turning off of surveillance cameras
14. Smear campaigns
15. Posting personal information of the reporter online
16. Demanding detainee’s personal physicians block critical medical information from parents and legal guardians
17. Silencing also occurs via laws created to protect local government, jail leadership, and staff
18. Statute of limitations and reporting technicalities that make it impossible for detainees to file lawsuits after their criminal cases are resolved (a technique used to ensure reporters remain silent to avoid long sentences or other types of retaliation.)

These methods of intimidation, falsification, and suppression are intentional. For this reason, we protect whistleblowers and citizen reporters who wish to remain anonymous. All reports are posted “as reported” with the exception of the occasional spelling correction.

Comments, and reports from citizens are not necessarily the opinion of the page or individuals involved in the making of the Incorrection Documentary Series.

10/01/2023

Just dropped, the INCORRECTION docuseries sneak peek.

Shaken by the near-death experience of her nephew Sam, who was detained in solitary confinement nearly 8 months during a mental health crisis, Beverly Perry ...

17/12/2022

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Department of Justice is investigating the handling of individuals who struggle with mental health in Oklahoma. They are specifically investigating improper treatment and neglect of those with mental health issues in Oklahoma jails and detention centers. If you have been abused, neglected, tortured, withheld water, withheld food, withheld showers, withheld clothing, withheld appropriate medical care or given inappropriate medical care, placed in solitary confinement for an extended period, forced into extreme hot or cold showers, denied recreation, forced to drink from toilets, drugged against your will or your medication was withheld, or psychiatric care withheld, or if your attorney was told that you did not want to see them, if your cash and belongings were not returned, or if the administration blatantly lied about your condition or wishes in any jail or detention center in Oklahoma, EMAIL [email protected]

27/06/2022

We have a report of jail staff bringing in contraband.

27/06/2022

We have received the following report:

“I would like to remain anonymous .. in regards to okmulgee county jail my domestic partner is not receiving his blood pressure pills and now his BP is outta whack again, n I have numerous friends or family currently being held there they are all being mistreated in some sort of way and true there is contraband being received thru the jail but not from the inmates.. Thank you and I hope something is going to be done quickly and soon...”

14/06/2022

We received a report of known contraband being brought into the jail with full knowledge of COs.

14/06/2022

We have a report of jail staff not returning personal property.

14/06/2022

We have received the following report:
"Every time someone flushes the toilet it backs up into the cells and the inmates have begged for a mop & bleach water so they can clean the floors of the cells. Not only is it unsanitary but some inmates have to sleep on those floors."

12/06/2022

We are receiving reports of a serious lack of medical care.

12/06/2022

We have been receiving g a large number of reports regarding human rights abuses at the Okmulgee County Jail. If you have information please contact the page.

12/06/2022

12/06/2022

If you have information regarding the death, torture, or neglect of a detainee in the Okmulgee County Jail, message the page or email [email protected]. You can remain anonymous.