Ashad Hajela is a Data and Investigations Reporter at the New York Amsterdam News. He previously covered youth, race and justice at Connecticut Public Radio. There, he scrutinized Connecticut’s prisons and youth justice system. He won a Society of Professional Journalists award for his coverage of educational attainment behind bars. Before that, he covered rural affairs for Spotlight PA through Report for America, and public safety at The News & Observer in Raleigh.Â