KyCIR Amplify
KyCIR Amplify: Sexual Assault Survivor Meghan Wright, On Getting A Rape Kit
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“It’s hard to explain but, in many ways, your body becomes the crime scene.”
Criminal Justice
Lacking Sexual Assault Nurses, Some Ky. Hospitals Illegally Turn Victims Away
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Kentucky state law requires emergency rooms to perform forensic sexual assault exams on-site, but hospitals without specially trained nurses sometimes send rape victims away.
Fatal Flaws
New Federal Audit Optimistic About Changes At Kentucky OSHA
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The new audit determined that Kentucky has either resolved or made progress toward addressing all of the findings from the previous year, but improvements are still underway in fatality investigations.
Department of Corrections
State Board Finds Ky. Prison Mishandled Sexual Harassment Complaints
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At Little Sandy Correctional Complex in northeastern Kentucky, prison leaders created a culture that “may have contributed to acts of sexual harassment and a reluctance to report allegations of sexual harassment,” according to a state report.
Fatal Flaws
Ky. Worker Safety Leaders Promise Grieving Families They’ll Do Better
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Mike and Pam Oakley have been talking for years about how Kentucky’s worker safety agency failed their 17-year-old son. State officials never listened. They’re listening now.
Newsroom
Judge Orders Second Ky. Agency To Pay KyCIR’s Legal Fees
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The state finance cabinet was ordered to pay legal bills for refusing to give KyCIR access to records, and penalties for declining to turn records over to the Attorney General’s office.
Fatal Flaws
Ky. Worker Safety Commissioner Acknowledges Failures, Promises Culture Change
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The commissioner acknowledged that agency culture, a lack of accountability and staffing shortages had often led to shortcomings when investigating deaths on the job.
Government
Judge Orders State To Pay KyCIR’s Legal Bills For ‘Willfully’ Withholding Records
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The judge ordered the Labor Cabinet to pay more than $16,000 in legal fees and an $800 penalty because it disregarded legal precedent when it redacted the name of an employee who was accused of sexual harassment.
2019
Kentucky’s Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh In On Worker Safety
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One candidate has made improving worker safety a talking point in his campaign for governor.
Featured in Category
With Permanent Leadership And No Legislation, Ky. Labor Cabinet Merger Unlikely
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The merger proposal was presented as one possible antidote to the Labor Cabinet’s recent troubles.