Articles tagged as: Indiana
February 1, 2022
Children caught in fight between youth treatment facilities and DCS
As competition for low-wage workers heats up, residential treatment centers across the U.S. are suffering from staff shortages. When the facilities that care for the nations most vulnerable youth are short-staffed, the consequences can be dire.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
What the latest COVID-19 data means for you
There is so much data related to COVID-19 available that it can be hard to make sense of it all.To get some clarity on the issue, Side Effects Public Media and Indiana Public Broadcasting spoke with experts about how to find COVID-19 data and how to use it to guide decision-making.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2022
What happens when the prison guard who’s supposed to protect you abuses you?
The job of a correctional officer is to keep people safe. But inside prisons across the U.S., allegations of sexual abuse are common. The latest national data shows nearly 6,000 reports of staff sexual misconduct in 2018.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2022
Hoosier communities take a stand against puppy mills
More Indiana communities are taking a stance against puppy mills.
Read MoreDecember 23, 2021
Multiple Indiana law enforcement agencies installed new license plate technology
More than a dozen central Indiana law enforcement agencies now use technology to capture license plate information.
Read MoreDecember 7, 2021
Indiana schools competing for Indiana’s prestigious We the People state title
More than 500 middle and high school students will participate this week in the Indiana Bar Foundation’s We the People state competition.
Read MoreNovember 22, 2021
Conservatorship system is slow to change, despite availability of less restrictive options
If a judge decides someone is not able to make their own decisions, the person can be placed under a court-appointed guardianship, which is also known as a conservatorship. Some states allow less-restrictive alternatives, but it's unclear how widely they're used.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2021
U.S. drug overdose deaths increase nearly 30% during COVID-19 pandemic
The new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests the opioid epidemic is far from over, and public health officials say fentanyl — a synthetic opioid that is much more deadly than other opioids — is largely to blame.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2021
He got into trouble as a teen. Now he coaches football to keep children off that path
People with higher education levels tend to live longer, healthier lives. But some African American kids in low-income communities are faced with many barriers that keep them from receiving the education they need. But one man at a majority black neighborhood in Indianapolis hopes football can help keep kids in school and out of trouble.
Read MoreOctober 29, 2021
Nonprofit provides phones to local domestic violence survivors
A local nonprofit provides free smartphones and data service to domestic violence survivors in Indiana.
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