Petition updateDemand Justice for Whistleblowers at Oklahoma County Detention CenterPetition Update: This Was Never Just About Us!!!
Melissa RitterNorman, OK, United States
Apr 13, 2025

From the beginning, this wasn’t just about being whistleblowers.

This was about being outcasts—punished for doing what was right when everyone else stayed silent.

It was about being hated for holding people accountable, for refusing to look the other way, for standing up when it was easier—and safer—not to.

We didn’t ask for special treatment. We asked for JUSTICE!!!!

Not just for us, but for every staff member who has been silenced. For every detainee who has suffered because people in power chose convenience over accountability.

For every honest employee who watched the system crumble around them while leadership turned a blind eye, over and over again!

And what did we get in return?

Retaliation. Termination. Blacklisting.

Our careers were stolen. Our reputations dragged. And now, because we dared to speak out, we are being shut out of the very profession we gave our lives to (and others!!!) That is not just wrong—it is inhumane.

Despite filing a Notice of Tort Claim and beginning the long road toward justice through the legal system, the truth remains:

  1. This system is broken.
  2. The people responsible must be held accountable.

And I deserve to have my credibility restored, my name cleared, and my future reclaimed.

To the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority and the Board of County Commissioners—you don’t get to stay silent while good people are destroyed and the system continues to rot from within.

I am still here. I am still fighting.                 I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE!

And I demand the same thing now that I demanded then:

  • Justice. For all.

#JusticeForOCDCWhistleblowers

#StandForWhatIsRight

#StopTheBlacklist

#FixOklahomaNow

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