Past Contest Entries

Killing of patient, allegations of dangerous care haunt South L.A. psychiatric hospital

Jacob Masters was killed in a South Los Angeles psychiatric hospital in 2017 and one of his roommates was charged with murder. Inspectors later found that the tragedy was a result of a series of errors by hospital staff. After reviewing inspection records and legal filings, I found that hospital administrators were slow to address safety issues at the facility and had been accused of covering them up.

Place:

First Place

Year:

  • 2019

Category:

  • Student

Affiliation:

Columbia University, for Los Angeles Times

Reporter:

Lucas Manfield

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