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The State Of Race And Diversity On Kentucky Campuses

By Eleanor Klibanoff | August 4, 2017

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

By R.G. Dunlop | November 4, 2016

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

By R.G. Dunlop | July 12, 2016

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

By Brendan McCarthy | December 29, 2015

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

By R.G. Dunlop | October 6, 2015

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.

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