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Friday May 3 | Lexington Herald-Leader

Ky. appeals court upholds murder conviction in Lexington homicide

Gerald Young, 40, has been fighting to overturn his conviction in the 1997 murder-for-hire slaying of Osama Shalash in Lexington during a drug dispute.

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Thu Apr 11, 2013

New York Daily News

Mentally ill prisoners are 'trapped' in the system, photographer says

Jenn Ackerman's project goes inside the Correctional Psychiatric Treatment Unit at the Kentucky State Reformatory to see how a state is meeting the needs of this growing population.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison

Wed Apr 03, 2013

Daily Mail

Haunting photographs by Jenn Ackerman of mentally ill inmates inside...

Her pictures show the extreme mental health issues plaguing many of those incarcerated in the prison system and exposes the raw reality of those conditions.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons