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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A jail spokesperson said they are still gathering information about the deaths. -
Louisville is looking for a new vendor to provide phone and video call services from the city jail. Unlike its previous contract with Securus… -
The Federal Communications Commission capped rates on phone calls from prisons at .14 cents a minute in rules that became final in September. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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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. -
The jail’s contract with Securus Technologies will have to be renegotiated to lower costs for incarcerated people’s loved ones.
