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State Auditor Finds Mismanagement at Grant County Jail
By wfpl.org- R.G. Dunlop
Published: 10/27/2015

A state audit released Monday disclosed careless handling of tens of thousands of dollars, sloppy record-keeping and other administrative issues at the Grant County Detention Center. Auditor Adam Edelen said his office is forwarding the findings to the Kentucky attorney general’s office for “further investigation.”

The audit cited the jail for “poorly designed policies and procedures, inconsistent, incomplete, and inaccurate implementation of controls and lack of management oversight/involvement.”

As an example of slapdash accounting and lax handling of money at the jail, the audit noted that $53,121 in cash was discovered in a locked desk drawer last November and December. The audit covered the 12-month period ending June 30, 2014, which was during the tenures of former jailer Terry Peeples and former Judge-Executive Darrell Link.

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