Document

Since 2017, at least two men with serious mental illness have died in the psychiatric unit of the New Hampshire State Prison, after being restrained face down by corrections officers. The state maintains the cases are fundamentally different. But advocates say they reflect long-running problems with how the state cares for people in its custody.

Tune in Wednesday, Oct 30 at 10 a.m. and again at 9 p.m. for a special one-hour broadcast of “Emelia’s Thing” from NHPR's Document team.

NHPR's Document team investigates how New Hampshire became the center of one of the biggest youth detention abuse scandals in America.

The Pulitzer Prizes announced May 6 recognized NHPR’s The 13th Step, a reporting project and podcast about a culture of sexual misconduct and abuse of power in the addiction treatment industry, as a finalist in audio reporting.

The Podcast Academy has honored New Hampshire Public Radio Senior Reporter Lauren Chooljian with the award for Best Reporting at the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Audio for her reporting on the longform investigative podcast, The 13th Step.

Attorneys say the search warrant, filed in 2020, exposes “in great detail” a culture of abuse and corruption by state employees and agencies.

Voters might be heading to the polls, but school is out for most New Hampshire kids today. NHPR’s Jason Moon and Lauren Chooljian swung by the Seacoast ArtSpot in Portsmouth where their day camp was full of little artists with big ideas about the kind of leader this country needs.

Michael Adamkowski resigned as chair of New Hampshire's Division for Children, Youth and Families Advisory Board following accusations he abused children when he worked at a wilderness therapy program in the 1990s and 2000s.

Earlier this month, Columbia Journalism School announced 30 finalists for the 2024 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards. NHPR podcast The 13th Step is among the honorees.

Ira Glass, host of This American Life, recognizes NHPR podcast The 13th Step.