State Senate Working To Address Juvenile Detention Center Issues

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Members of the Kentucky Senate are forming a work group to gather information and develop a policy regarding the problems facing the state’s eight regional juvenile justice detention centers.

Republican Senator David Givens of Green County is spearheading the group. Keith West has more.

click to download audioSome law enforcement officials in western Kentucky have expressed some concerns about the current plan that has them transporting female juveniles to northern Kentucky — the only facility the state is allowing females to be housed.