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  • About KyCIR
  • Recent Projects
    • Browse all our projects
    • LMPD Police Shootings
    • Breonna Taylor
    • Search Warrants In Louisville
    • COVID and the Unemployment Insurance Crisis
    • Prosecution Declined
    • Economic Development Failures in Eastern Ky.
    • Coronavirus Pandemic In Kentucky
    • Seized: Asset Forfeiture in Kentucky
    • Fatal Flaws: How Kentucky Is Failing Its Workers
    • The Pope’s Long Con
    • Louisville Police And Hypocritical Actions On Immigration Enforcement
    • Kentucky Constables: Untrained And Unaccountable
    • KyCIR Amplify: The Voices Behind Our Investigations
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The Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky.

The Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. Photo: Department of Corrections

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