Jared Bennett
Investigative ReporterJared Bennett is an investigative reporter and deputy editor for LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team. Previously, he was a reporter the Center for Public Integrity and a digital producer for WBUR in Boston.
Email Jared at jbennett@lpm.org.
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More than 10,000 people are currently held in Kentucky prisons, and nearly 8,000 have gotten the coronavirus since the pandemic began. -
More than 10,000 people are currently held in Kentucky prisons, and nearly 8,000 have gotten the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
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The state has approved about a third of debt waiver requests — and most people can’t even apply.
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The jail’s contract with Securus Technologies will have to be renegotiated to lower costs for incarcerated people’s loved ones.
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The jail’s contract with Securus Technologies will have to be renegotiated to lower costs for incarcerated people’s loved ones.
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The auditor's survey found “verbal” contracts, nonspecific “technology grants” and signing bonuses connected to telecom contracts.
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His survey found “verbal” contracts, expired contracts or contracts signed without a formal bid process. The terms often included “technology grants” that were left open to interpretation, a one-time “signing bonus,” lines of credit for capital improvements and other incentive payments.
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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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The Department of Corrections made at least $3.2 million last year off incarcerated people's phone calls.
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Commonwealth Attorney Tom Wine says responders were acting in self defense when they killed McAtee last June.
