Jared Bennett
Investigative ReporterJared Bennett is an investigative reporter for LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team. Previously, he was a reporter and digital editor at the Center for Public Integrity, and a digital producer for WBUR in Boston.
Email Jared at jbennett@lpm.org.
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El Centro de Detención del Condado de Boone alberga a personas detenidas por ICE, a veces durante un año o más. Investigadores de derechos civiles han encontrado deficiencias en los protocolos de salud y seguridad de la cárcel. -
The Boone County Detention Center holds people detained for ICE. Civil rights investigators have found deficiencies in the jail’s health and safety protocols.
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In lawsuits, DRC Emergency Services allegedly put workers' health at risk, underpaid subcontractors, broke deals with business partners and misrepresented their experience to obtain contracts. -
Rep. Hal Rogers has wanted another prison in eastern Kentucky for years. Local and national activists say the new land owners have better plans for Letcher County. -
Kentucky is currently one of 11 states without a wrongful conviction compensation fund. The legislation would create a pathway for wrongfully convicted people to clear their name and provide some financial compensation to make up for years lost behind bars. -
David Sanders not only wants a judge to overturn his death penalty conviction, but to declare a law unconstitutional. The decision could open the door for defendants across the country. -
Louisville’s jail and Kentucky prisons serve a ration and a half for Thanksgiving. -
A recent rash of executions and high profile death penalty cases with credible claims of innocence show just how hard it is to overturn a death penalty conviction. Experts say that's by design. -
Attorneys for a Kentucky man that’s spent four decades on death row for murder say a recent DNA test is proof he wasn’t the killer. -
Louisville Metro’s Inspector General will investigate unethical behavior and abuse of police authority stemming from a 2019 retirement party.
