1.0Oklahoma Watchhttps://oklahomawatch.orgWhitney Bryenhttps://oklahomawatch.org/author/wbryen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Xr7OwS48RG"><a href="https://oklahomawatch.org/2023/09/06/pottawatomie-jail-concealed-deaths-of-detainees-in-need-of-mental-health-care/">Cover-up Alleged in Pottawatomie County Jail Deaths</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://oklahomawatch.org/2023/09/06/pottawatomie-jail-concealed-deaths-of-detainees-in-need-of-mental-health-care/embed/#?secret=Xr7OwS48RG" width="600" height="338" title="“Cover-up Alleged in Pottawatomie County Jail Deaths” — Oklahoma Watch" data-secret="Xr7OwS48RG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://oklahomawatch.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://oklahomawatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Bedside3.jpg700506Pottawatomie County jail officials apparently defied state laws and a judge’s order when they concealed information on the unexplained deaths of seven vulnerable detainees. All seven people arrived at the jail with medical and mental health or substance use complications that required care. None of them made it home alive. Most of their families still don’t know why.