Criminal Justice
Louisvillians are dying under house arrest
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Forty-six people on home incarceration have died since 2017 in Louisville, including seven in 2022 alone, according to data KyCIR requested from Metro Corrections.
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Get to know Patricia Borns, KyCIR’s new Wealth and Poverty Reporter
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Patricia Borns is a Report for America fellow and will focus on wealth and poverty. She answered five key questions to help you get to know her better as an individual and a reporter.
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Get to know Adeshina Emmanuel, KyCIR’s new Managing Editor
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Adeshina Emmanuel officially start June 13 and will manage KyCIR’s five-person reporting team. He comes to KyCIR from Injustice Watch.
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KyCIR and WFPL win two regional Murrow awards
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Reporting from WFPL News and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting has won two prestigious regional journalism awards.
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Meet the Florida think tank pushing for welfare restrictions in Kentucky
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A conservative dark money group is influencing public welfare laws in Kentucky, and advocates say it could have a detrimental impact on access to benefits for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
Red Flags and Repeat Offenses: A woman’s death shines light on cracks in city’s domestic violence response
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A woman’s death is putting a renewed focus on the flaws in the city’s criminal justice system that harm victims of domestic violence, and allow offenders to avoid accountability.
‘Shooting First And Asking Questions Later’
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As fatal police shootings have become a flash point in U.S. cities, they have also occurred at high rates in rural areas — largely without national attention.
Criminal Justice
The Pandemic Isolated Incarcerated People. Kentucky And Securus Cashed In
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The Department of Corrections made at least $3.2 million last year off incarcerated people’s phone calls.
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Kentucky’s Budget Shrank. These Informal Foster Parents Were Left With Nothing
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For many people raising abused or neglected children they’re related to, whether the state offers them financial help depends entirely on what year they happened to take the children in.
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Louisville Police Routinely Busted Down Doors In Hunt For Drugs
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The city banned no-knocks, but that doesn’t affect how LMPD uses “forced entry.” Records show they bust doors down an average of twice a week.
Hi, I’m Jasmine Demers, a reporter for KyCIR covering issues related to youth and social services. I’m also a corps member with Report For America, a national program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.