Oct 1 Investigations Longtime Metro jail union leader has history of misconduct allegations Current and former jail staff testified that Tracy Dotson has benefited from a culture of enforced loyalty and a contract which makes it difficult for jail management to hold bad actors accountable. By Jared Bennett Oct 1 Investigations Longtime Metro jail union leader has history of misconduct allegations Jared Bennett
Sep 17 Investigations At Shelby County Jail, Quarantine Means Missing Your Own Court Hearings The Shelby County Detention Center isn’t offering remote hearings, leaving people with COVID without the chance to post bail or participate in their case. By Jared Bennett Sep 17 Investigations Covid Keeps Some In Shelby Co. Jail From Court Jared Bennett
Sep 1 Investigations COVID-19 Deaths, Infection Rates in Ky. Prisons Among Nation’s Worst More than 10,000 people are currently held in Kentucky prisons, and nearly 8,000 have gotten the coronavirus since the pandemic began. By Jared Bennett Sep 1 Investigations Ky. Prison Pandemic Response Earns Failing Grade Jared Bennett
Aug 25 Investigations Ky. Can Waive Unemployment Overpayment Debt, But It’s Invite-Only The state has approved about a third of debt waiver requests — and most people can’t even apply. By Jared Bennett Aug 25 Investigations Ky. Can Waive Unemployment Overpayment Debt. It's Invite-Only Jared Bennett
Aug 10 Investigations Phone Calls Still Won’t Be Free When Louisville Jail Gives Up Profit The jail’s contract with Securus Technologies will have to be renegotiated to lower costs for incarcerated people’s loved ones. By Jared Bennett Aug 10 Investigations Phone Calls Still Won’t Be Free When Louisville Jail Gives Up Profit Jared Bennett
Jul 15 Investigations Kentucky Jails Made $9.6 Million Off Jail Communication In FY2020 The auditor's survey found “verbal” contracts, nonspecific “technology grants” and signing bonuses connected to telecom contracts. By Jared Bennett Jul 15 Investigations Kentucky Jails Made Millions Last Year On Telecom Jared Bennett
Jul 14 Investigations The Pandemic Isolated Incarcerated People. Kentucky And Securus Cashed In The Department of Corrections made at least $3.2 million last year off incarcerated people's phone calls. By Jared Bennett Jul 14 Investigations When Prison Visits Stopped, Kentucky And Securus Cashed In Jared Bennett
May 25 Community Police, National Guard Members Won’t Be Charged In David McAtee Killing Commonwealth Attorney Tom Wine says responders were acting in self defense when they killed McAtee last June. By Jared Bennett May 25 Community Police, National Guard Won't Be Charged In McAtee Killing Jared Bennett
May 18 Investigations Ky. National Guard Releases Heavily Redacted Review of 2020 Deployment One “overall recommendation” was that the Kentucky National Guard develop response guidelines. By Jared Bennett May 18 Investigations Review Of Ky. National Guard Deployment Mostly Redacted Jared Bennett
May 5 Investigations National Guard Investigation After David McAtee Shooting Still Not Done The Kentucky National Guard promised to examine its protest response and draft recommendations for the future. By Jared Bennett May 5 Investigations National Guard Investigation After David McAtee Shooting Still Not Done Jared Bennett
Apr 19 Investigations How Many Coronavirus Cases In Ky. Jails? We Don’t Know, And State Won’t Say Although the state has oversight of local jails, state officials have been reluctant to wield it during the pandemic. By Jared Bennett Apr 19 Investigations How Many Coronavirus Cases In Ky. Jails? We Don’t Know, And State Won’t Say Jared Bennett
Mar 31 Investigations Kentucky’s Prison Coronavirus Defense Is Failing The pandemic has stretched on for a tense year, and the state’s protocols have not stopped the spread inside correctional facilities. By Jared Bennett Mar 31 Investigations Kentucky’s Prison Coronavirus Defense Is Failing Jared Bennett
Mar 9 Investigations Former Head of Kentucky Unemployment Office Dead at 39 Attorney Muncie McNamara took over the unemployment office when it had been depleted and left unprepared for the crush of claims to come. By Jared Bennett Mar 9 Investigations Former Head of Kentucky Unemployment Office Dead at 39 Jared Bennett
Feb 9 Investigations In Ky. Unemployment Office, 400,000 Unread Emails And Payment Troubles The state auditor said his findings “should be deeply concerning to taxpayers and those who have filed for UI benefits.” By Jared Bennett Feb 9 Investigations Statewide Audit Reveals More Unemployment Problems Jared Bennett
Jan 17 Kentucky Politics Lots Of Police And Media, But Few Demonstrators At Kentucky Capitol State capitals nationwide boosted security Sunday after the FBI warned of armed protests planned in all 50 states. By Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett Jan 17 Kentucky Politics Police And Media But No Demonstrators At Ky. Capitol Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett
