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Wikimedia Commons/About 40% of eligible Kentuckians, 18 to 26 who were in foster care or had aged out, actually received money from the state's $7.4 million in federal aid. -
iStockPhoto/iStockPhotoAdvocates say family recovery courts — also known as family drug courts — are crucial in protecting children from abuse and neglect, which often go hand in hand with addiction. In fact, nearly half of the Kentucky children who died or were severely injured from maltreatment in 2020 also experienced substance misuse in their homes.
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More than 10,000 people are currently held in Kentucky prisons, and nearly 8,000 have been infected with the coronavirus since the pandemic began. This infection rate of nearly 80% is among the worst nationally, according to a new report by the advocacy group Prison Policy Initiative. -
The state has approved about a third of debt waiver requests — and most people can’t even apply.
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In a record year for overdoses, young Kentuckians experienced the highest increase in deaths.
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The Kentucky State Police fatally shot 41 people from 2015 through 2020, more than any other law enforcement agency in the state.
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For over 460 days, as the pandemic shut down visitation across the state, incarcerated people and their loved ones relied on the prison system’s costly phone calls and emails.The Kentucky Department of Corrections and Securus Technologies reaped big rewards.
