MMIW Cases
Submitted | Sept. 19, 2018 |
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Communications
From: Sovereign Bodies Institute
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Data on all cases of deaths in custody involving an Alaska Native/American Indian woman or girl victim within your jurisdiction(s). For the purposes of this request, "Alaska Native/American Indian" is defined as any individual who was identified as a member of an Alaska Native or American Indian community or as having Alaska Native/American Indian heritage. "Woman or girl" includes all victims identified as females, as well as transgender women. We are requesting cases dating from 1900 to the present.
This request is for basic information on cases as classified above. Such information may include but is not limited to victim name, location and date of disappearance/death, age of victim, status of case (solved or unsolved).
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.
Sincerely,
Annita Lucchesi
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Oklahoma Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 19, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Oklahoma Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 19, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Oklahoma Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 19, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Corrections
Hello,
Going back to 1900 is not possible. Anything before 2008 predates our health record, and such a search would be a paper search process going back over 100 years of paper files. Below is what we have available.
Date of Death
DOC Number
Name
Facility
Facility Name
Facility City/State
DOB
Age
Race
Manner of Death by ME
08/28/09
232298
Hensley, Hattie M.
MBCC
Mabel Bassett Correctional Center
McLoud, OK
06/10/48
61
American Indian
Natural
03/02/15
668764
Taylor, Etta
EWCC
Eddie Warrior Correctional Center
Taft, OK
06/15/55
59
American Indian
Natural
06/09/15
682786
Jones-Warren, Lindy
EWCC
Eddie Warrior Correctional Center
Taft, OK
05/19/76
39
American Indian
Natural
06/24/18
663730
Cantrell, Cynthia
MBCC
Mabel Bassett Correctional Center
Mcloud, OK
02/24/67
51
American Indian
Natural
Matt Elliott
Public Information Manager
Communications Unit
3400 Martin Luther King Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0400
Office: (405) 425-2520
Mobile: (405) 435-9173
Fax: (405) 425-2578
http://doc.ok.gov<http://doc.ok.gov/>
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