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Author Archives: Whitney Bryen

Whitney Bryen is an investigative reporter at Oklahoma Watch covering vulnerable populations. Her recent investigations focus on mental health and substance abuse, domestic violence, nonprofits and nursing homes. Contact her at (405) 201-6057 or wbryen@oklahomawatch.org. Follow her on Twitter @SoonerReporter.

Posted inCriminal Justice

Previously Withheld Video Shows Man’s Fatal Struggle With Pottawatomie County Jailers

by Whitney Bryen January 29, 2023January 30, 2023

Newly released video shows county detention officers twice slamming Ronald Gene Given — arrested days earlier in the midst of a mental health crisis — to the concrete floor, kneeling on his upper body and dragging the unconscious man by the ankles across a cell.

Posted inMental Health

Oklahomans Share Their Struggle for Mental Healthcare as Feds Investigate Statewide Treatment

by Whitney Bryen December 28, 2022January 4, 2023
Posted inCriminal Justice

114 Executions and Counting: An Oklahoma Priest’s Quest to Uphold the ‘Dignity of Life’

by Whitney Bryen November 23, 2022November 23, 2022
Posted inElections

What Stitt Has and Hasn’t Done to Address Oklahoma’s Poor Health Outcomes

by Whitney Bryen October 26, 2022November 1, 2022
Posted inNursing Homes

Nursing Home Worker Shortage Puts Aging Oklahomans at Risk

by Whitney Bryen October 12, 2022October 11, 2022
Posted inMental Health

Channeling Childhood Chaos To Help Oklahomans Suffering Addiction, Mental Illness

by Whitney Bryen September 27, 2022September 26, 2022
Posted inRace & Equity

Whistleblowers Allege Embezzlement, Fraud at Tahlequah Nonprofit That Championed Indigenous Women

by Whitney Bryen August 30, 2022August 29, 2022
Posted inCriminal Justice

Faced With COVID, A Desperate Man’s Sobriety, Survival Fell to His Mother When Rehab Center Evicted Him

by Kathryn Hurd, Ellie Lightfoot and Whitney Bryen August 15, 2022August 16, 2022
Posted inDomestic Violence

Despite Scathing Audit, Federal Agencies Award $1.5 Million to Oklahoma Nonprofit

by Whitney Bryen May 23, 2022May 24, 2022
Posted inCriminal Justice

Tulsa Police Response, Policies Questioned After Arrest of Woman in Bipolar Episode

by Whitney Bryen April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

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