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In Kentucky, A 'Culture Of Indifference' To Sexual Harassment In Prisons

The Little Sandy Correctional Complex, located on former farmland outside Sandy Hook, Ky., on Dec. 1, 2005. Four correctional officers sued their supervisor and the Kentucky of Department of Corrections in 2014, alleging the supervisor repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted them and other women for years. Roger Alford /AP hide caption

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In Kentucky, A 'Culture Of Indifference' To Sexual Harassment In Prisons

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July 27, 2018 • In the last six years, more than 3,500 pages of sexual harassment complaints have been filed against the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Increasingly, victims are taking to the courts.

In Kentucky, A 'Culture Of Indifference' To Sexual Harassment In Prisons

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Puzzling Out How NPR Handles Corrections

December 12, 2011 • NPR corrects "significant errors" and notes them online, but the term is ambiguous. One listener noticed two headlines changed for accuracy – but one seemed done in stealth, unacknowledged. Here is an attempt to puzzle out NPR's corrections policy, and make some recommendations.

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Strauss-Kahn Acquitted. Oops!

August 30, 2011 • Our vigilant audience heard errors in last week's Strauss-Kahn coverage. All Things Considered aired corrections, but no explanatory note made it online.

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IS OBAMA'S PASTOR ANTI-GAY?

April 2, 2008 • Jason Carlson was driving home listening to All Things Considered (ATC) on March 24 when he heard a gay man say he would not vote for Sen. Barack Obama because the senator's pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was anti-gay.