Jasmine Demers
Investigative ReporterJasmine Demers works on LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team covering youth and social services. She is a corps member with Report For America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.
Jasmine worked previously for the Arizona Daily Star. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Arizona School of Journalism, where she was editor-in-chief of the student-run Daily Wildcat.
Email Jasmine at jdemers@lpm.org.
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More than 20% of Kentucky children are growing up in poverty, but Black and Latinx children are worse off in the state's most urban counties. -
More Louisville youths died by suicide this year than any year since 2014. And people of color are over-represented among these deaths.
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So far this month, the state has recorded over 26,000 cases in kids 18 and under and an average of 59 children hospitalized each day, making it the most dangerous month for children since the pandemic began.
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In a record year for overdoses, young Kentuckians experienced the highest increase in deaths.
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In a record year for overdoses, young Kentuckians experienced the highest increase in deaths.
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In-person visits at state prisons will be non-contact, scheduled ahead of time and all guests must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. They also have to be vaccinated -- and over 18, even though children 12 and older are eligible for vaccination.
