Jake Harper
Investigative Reporter, WFYIJake Harper started his job at Side Effects shortly before the 2015 announcement of an HIV outbreak in southern Indiana, and since then has focused his reporting on addiction, Medicaid and access to health care. His investigations have covered medical industry influence in state and national government, a clinical trial that skirted federal regulations and various barriers to evidence-based addiction treatment. His stories have been broadcast at stations across the Midwest and nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Latino USA and Here & Now. Harper also co-hosts the podcast, Sick, with Lauren Bavis. Visit sickpodcast.org for more information. He can be reached at jharper@wfyi.org.
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The Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis is on lockdown after women incarcerated there tested positive for COVID-19, according to emails sent to prison…
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Update 10/02/2020: On Thursday, Indiana Department of Correction Commissioner Rob Carter announced a pay increase for agency staff. Correctional officers…
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It had been a while since Stacey heard from her son, who’s incarcerated at Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana. They had an argument a few…
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Indiana prisons have seen an August spike in coronavirus infections, with 159 new cases reported since July 31. Reported cases of the virus trickled in…
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Under COVID-19 restrictions, inmates at the Indiana Women’s Prison have spent many hours a day locked in their cells, which do not have toilets or running…
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Gov. Eric Holcomb often brags about the Indiana Women’s Prison. Last year, Holcomb showed the prison off to Ivanka Trump. He’s mentioned the prison in his…
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Indiana Left It To County Courts To Release Prisoners During The COVID Crisis. Most Of Them Haven’t.Public health experts and advocates have worried about correctional facilities since the beginning of the pandemic. In such close quarters, social…
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The Indiana Women’s Prison has taken hard measures to contain the coronavirus. Many inmates in the prison have spent long periods locked in their cells —…
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An Indiana Department of Correction policy may increase the spread of coronavirus in prisons by requiring “high risk” and “medium risk” staffers to report…
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Early one April morning, inmates at Indiana’s Plainfield Correctional Facility found a fellow inmate unconscious in his bed. “He was barely breathing when…