A Kentucky juvenile justice guard broke the arms of two teens at McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Paducah, ...
Investigators faulted the guard, now fired, for excessive force and said neither youth was acting combative. The incidents reflect continued problems with Kentucky’s juvenile justice system.
When questioned, the teacher told police the boy “had drawn a picture of stick figures all with extended arms holding an item out to an individual stick figure in the middle. (The boy ...
didn’t find out about the first broken arm from either of the managers. Instead the investigation started when another juvenile called a hotline to report it. Lewis' termination letter states Lewis ...