A state law taking effect next month will require more kids charged with violent offenses to be held in Kentucky’s troubled juvenile jails — at a time when all eight of the youth detention centers are under federal investigation for possible abuses. That worries Devine Carama, who directs the One Lexington program to tackle gun violence in Fayette County. “In no other system would you allow that,” said Carama.
Multiplying Trauma: Kentucky Set to Add More Kids to its Troubled Juvenile Jails
