Ben Conarck is a reporter who focuses on local news in Maryland, specifically in Baltimore. His work has been featured in various publications, including The Baltimore Banner, WYPR, Sun Sentinel Media Group, Finger Lakes Times, Tampa Bay Times, Bradenton Herald, The Kansas City Star/McClatchy Newspapers, Miami Herald, and Orlando Sentinel. Ben's articles cover a range of topics, from criminal justice issues to police reform and local government.
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Ben Conarck's reporting focuses primarily on crime-related topics in the Baltimore area, particularly around prison healthcare, law enforcement, and the Maryland prison system. His coverage also includes government announcements and evolving stories related to these themes.
If you are looking to reach out to Ben with a pitch, consider offering insights or expert commentary related to local crime issues, civil rights within the criminal justice system, healthcare in correctional facilities as well as any developments within Baltimore jails or police department. If you have unique perspectives on any of these topics that are specific to Baltimore or Maryland, they would likely be of interest to him.
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By: Ben Conarck
The Baltimore Police Department continues to make slow and steady progress in a wholesale reform effort mandated by its agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and a federal judge, but hopes of exiting that oversight anytime soon remain dim at best.
Gov. Wes Moore appointed Yvonne Briley-Wilson as the head of the new state agency that will examine prison conditions.
By: Ben Conarck
In Baltimore County, people who show signs of mental illness are being criminally charged for repeatedly calling 911 and crisis hotlines.
By: Ben Conarck
Gov. Wes Moore on Friday announced that the state corrections department is forgiving about $13 million in unpaid parole debts owed by more than 6,700 formerly incarcerated people.
By: Ben Conarck
One of Maryland's biggest unions has been sounding the alarm on state-run prisons. Is anyone listening?
By: Ben Conarck
Baltimore jail officials lost track of nearly 92,500 methadone pills — controlled substances that carry a high street value — over a three-month period, investigators with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration found during an audit earlier this year.
By: Ben Conarck
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said in a statement that officers at Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland were “alerted to smoke coming from one of the tiers in the facility” and responded to a 43-year-old prisoner's cell. That prisoner was airlifted Tuesday night by Maryland State Police to a nearby hospital “for treatment of his injuries.”
By: Ben Conarck
The state has devoted significant legal resources toward getting out of a four-year-old settlement agreement.
By: Liz Bowie, Ben Conarck
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed late Saturday night in Aberdeen, according to Aberdeen Police.
By: Ben Conarck, Liz Bowie
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