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Teens who escaped from Westmoreland County Juvenile Detention Center are back in custody, police say
WPXI via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTwo teens who escaped from a juvenile detention center over the weekend are back in custody. But, a...
Fayette County jail staffer arrested on drug charges in Oklahoma
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Fayette County Detention Center employee has been placed on administrative leave after being...
Alleged victims of jail officer’s sexual assault sue detention center, city of Lexington
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwo victims who allege they were sexually assaulted inside the Fayette County Detention Center by a...
Fayette County jail lieutenant charged with sex offenses, records show
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoA Fayette County Detention Center lieutenant has been placed on administrative assignment after he...
Former assistant director tapped to be new executive director of Fayette County jail
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoColvin previously served as deputy director at the Fayette County Detention Center from 2013 to...
Lexington jail changes religious clothing policy after woman was forced to remove her hijab
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Council on American-Islamic Relations asked the Fayette County Detention Center to look at its...
City launches ‘second chance’ job training programs for Fayette County inmates
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThanks to an influx of federal funding, Fayette County Detention Center inmates will soon have...
Former longtime Lexington jailer, corrections ‘visionary’ dies at 74
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA ‘legendary’ corrections director who changed the landscape — and design — of Lexington’s jail, has...
‘Nowhere to put them.’ Many KY kids go to juvenile detention for lack of alternatives
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoAt least 239 youths booked into Kentucky’s juvenile detention centers in 2022 weren’t the...
Muslim woman says she was forced to remove hijab when UK police took her to Lexington jail
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 11 months agoA Muslim woman has alleged she was forced to take off her hijab after being arrested by a University...