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Corrections

Government

Proposed Bills Target Kentucky’s System of No-Jail Jailers

By R.G. Dunlop | January 17, 2015

Legislative battle lines are forming over how best to address problems associated with the state’s 41 jailers who don’t have jails to run.

Government

Kentucky Lawmakers Pledge Jailer Reforms in Wake of Investigative Report

By R.G. Dunlop | January 7, 2015

A bill to be introduced soon in the House of Representatives is expected to propose doing away with no-jail jailers’ annual salaries, and compensating those jailers only for specific services performed, such as prisoner transport or courtroom security.

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Only in Kentucky: Jailers Without Jails

By R.G. Dunlop and Jacob Ryan | January 2, 2015

A look into a wasteful, nepotism-laced but little-discussed jailers system that costs Kentucky taxpayers approximately $2 million annually.

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