Most of Kentucky's juvenile jails don't have access to regular therapists, the service that one Kentucky social worker said it is the key to keeping kids out of jail.
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A new interim director of Youth Transitional Services in Louisville has been named after a resignation.
The DOJ announced its statewide civil investigation into the conditions at eight youth detention centers and a youth development center in Kentucky in mid-May, in response to allegations of institutional abuse and mistreatment of children.
Hundreds of people have said the same thing about what happens behind the walls of Kentucky's youth detention centers.
A review of the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice was released on Wednesday by state auditor Allison Ball.
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The Louisville Metro Youth Detention Services center was shut down in late 2019 when Metro Council voted to pull city funding amid across-the board cuts to city services.
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This comes after several issues at juvenile facilities, including two recent attacks at the Warren County center and issues at the facility in Adair County.
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The situation was quickly resolved without any force and none of the juveniles were injured, according to KSP.
The announcement on Thursday comes after a series of actions he took late last year to try to defuse the risks of violence in detention centers.
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The Campbell Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Newport, Kentucky, will transform into a 35-bed female-only juvenile detention center, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday.