What’s driving Kentucky’s outsized incarceration laws that among the highest in the nation?

On the next Connections, Renee Shaw talks with investigative reporter Jonathan Bullington of the Louisville Courier-Journal about the newspaper’s recent enterprise project with the Vera Institute of Justice examining Kentucky’s persistent violent offender laws (PFO). The project analyzed PFO cases over a 43 year period, tracking the law’s impact on offenders and their families.

Connections airs on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 12 pm/11 am on KET and also at 6/5 pm on KET2.

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