affirmative action
The State Of Race And Diversity On Kentucky Campuses
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The U.S. Department of Justice may be considering a crackdown on universities that employ affirmative action in admissions decisions. What would that mean for Kentucky?
Criminal Justice
Federal Investigation Into Boyd County Jail A Rarity For Kentucky
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The federal investigation into the Boyd County Detention Center is a rarity, only the third such investigation of a Kentucky jail or prison in the past 36 years.
Criminal Justice
Feds Issue Another Report Critical Of Grant County Jail
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The U.S. Department of Justice has issued yet another scathing assessment of the Grant County Detention Center. A KyCIR investigation previously revealed more than a decade of abuse, indifference, ineptitude and malfeasance at the jail.
Criminal Justice
Kentucky Jailers Association Mostly Silent on Jail Issues, Accountability
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Throughout our extensive reporting on jails this year, one group has been relatively quiet: the Kentucky Jailers Association.
Criminal Justice
Remedies Rare in Kentucky Jail Plagued By Death, Abuse
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As government officials watched, Grant County jail inmates died needlessly and were raped, abused and neglected. Lax security, flawed medical care, inadequate training and other administrative failures flourished. And there’s no end in sight.