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Caitlin Ashworth

  • Child Protective Investigator, Florida Department of Children and Families
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Reporter at @PCColumbia | Previously in Bangkok as a news editor, writer & video host | Past work: @DailyHampGaz, @RTDNEWS & @HeraldTribune

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The Army is struggling to recruit new soldiers. How does Fort Jackson stack up?

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By Caitlin Ashworth
| Post and Courier Columbia Verified
COLUMBIA — A CH-47D Chinook helicopter zoomed overhead, bringing strong gusts that bent trees and sent leaves and dust flying as it hovered above the ground. As it hovered, those in the military helicopter dropped off boxes filled with packages of food known as MREs, which stands for Meals Ready-to-Eat. This wasn’t for troops overseas. This was for potential Army recruits at Fort Jackson in Columbia. A crowd of teenagers and young adults, all planning to enlist, watched as the helicopter flew off.
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The Army is struggling to recruit new soldiers. How does Fort Jackson stack up?

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By Caitlin Ashworth
| The Aiken Standard Verified
COLUMBIA — A CH-47D Chinook helicopter zoomed overhead, bringing strong gusts that bent trees and sent leaves and dust flying as it hovered above the ground. As it hovered, those in the military helicopter dropped off boxes filled with packages of food known as MREs, which stands for Meals Ready-to-Eat. This wasn’t for troops overseas. This was for potential Army recruits at Fort Jackson in Columbia. A crowd of teenagers and young adults, all planning to enlist, watched as the helicopter flew off.
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'Someone will die here': SC's juvenile justice centers face weapons, violence, staff turnover

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By Caitlin Ashworth
| Post and Courier Verified
COLUMBIA — Noise echoed off the graffitied concrete walls. An inmate screamed. Inside a cell at South Carolina's Juvenile Detention Center, the cries of a teenage boy bounced from wall to wall, rendering his words almost incoherent. An officer stood in the doorway, speaking softly. The state's juvenile justice director, Eden Hendrick, quickly cut short a tour of the unit and ushered a reporter away. "I don’t want you to get stabbed,” she explained.
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