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A beautiful slide show on a young woman dealing with Kentucky treatment court.

The articles are the result of 4 years of reporting on the woman’s case by Lexington Herald-Leader reporters. The Herald-Leader has gone all out with the multimedia show, pdfs of the articles available, and plenty of data and sidebars.

“As she walks out the door, Tonio [5] asks in a baby voice too young for his age whether she is going to jail.

She doesn’t answer.

She sits on the step, and David [3] begins to cry, arms around her neck. “Don’t go,” he whines, smashing into her face with his cheek. “Don’t go. I want to go.”

As his mother gets in her car, Kobe [2] flings himself to the ground, then clings to the yard’s fence as his dad tries to peel him off.

Kobe’s wails trail her down the block.

But the drugs work. She doesn’t cry.”

As I’m writing this, there remain two more days of reports. I can’t wait.