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More Abuse Uncovered At Cherokee County Detention Center

WUNC News | By Frank Stasio,
Dana Terry
Published December 6, 2018 at 1:24 PM EST
More abuses are uncovered at the Cherokee County Detention Center. Carolina Public Press received a phone tip that revealed more damaging details about the way the jail is run.
More abuses are uncovered at the Cherokee County Detention Center. Carolina Public Press received a phone tip that revealed more damaging details about the way the jail is run.
More abuses are uncovered at the Cherokee County Detention Center. Carolina Public Press received a phone tip that revealed more damaging details about the way the jail is run.
Credit Frank Taylor/Carolina Public Press
More abuses are uncovered at the Cherokee County Detention Center. Carolina Public Press received a phone tip that revealed more damaging details about the way the jail is run.

A former Cherokee County Detention Center officer has been indicted on assault charges after allegedly kicking an inmate in the face. This is one of a growing number of complaints against authorities at that detention center.

Carolina Public Press investigative journalist Kate Martin joins host Frank Stasio to discuss her reporting on

The District Attorney of Cherokee County wants an expansive SBI investigation into the abuse allegations. The latest scandal uncovered by Carolina Public Press details an incident from July 2017 in which an inmate was left naked and chained to a drain in his holding cell.Carolina Public Press investigative journalist Kate Martin joins host Frank Stasio with an update on her ongoing investigation.

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Dana Terry
Dana is an award-winning producer who began as a personality at Rock 92. Once she started creating content for morning shows, she developed a love for producing. Dana has written and produced for local and syndicated commercial radio for over a decade. WUNC is her debut into public radio and she’s excited to tell deeper, richer stories.
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