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Open Records, Closed Doors
Seven Indiana newspapers teamed up for an investigation on the difficulty of obtaining open records in the state. In each county, the group requested five common public records: a police incident report, the sheriff's daily crime log, a death record, school board minutes and the salary of the basketball coaches at each county's largest high school. The investigation found widespread disregard of the law by government officials, especially among local sheriffs' units, to disclose documents.
Tags: Indianapolis Star and News; TheJournal Gazette; Fort Wayne; Tribune-Star; Terre Haute; Times of Northwest Indiana; Star Press; Muncie and Tribune; South Bend; County Government Adoption Police
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Prison Drug Death
The Tribune-Star investigated the cocaine-related death of Wabash Valley Correctional Facility maximum security inmate Mark James Williams-Ferrell. The investigation reveals that Williams-Ferrell's last visitor may have been responsible. A month after the first package of stories ran, a judge issued a murder warrant for the inmate's last visitor, and a few days later the visitor turned himself in. (August 18, September 20, 27 & 28, 1996)
Tags: Hudson Taylor Prison drug death Contest entry Drugs 41 pgs.