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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a statewide investigation into the conditions at eight youth detention centers and a youth development center in Kentucky.
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a statewide investigation into the conditions at eight youth detention centers and a youth development center in Kentucky.
Kentucky’s new juvenile justice commissioner is vowing to focus on efforts to reduce youth detention rates as he prepares to take the helm of the troubled agency.
Juvenile Justice Commissioner Vicki Reed submitted her resignation effective at the start of next year, the governor said at a news conference Thursday.
Kentucky's juvenile justice agency is hiring people to help fill more than 90 full- and part-time positions across 24 facilities.