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| Jail Reforms Languish In Last Days Of Legislative Session |
| By kycir.org- R.G. Dunlop |
| Published: 04/07/2016 |
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Legislation designed to hold Kentucky’s jailers more accountable has achieved mixed results so far in this year’s General Assembly. A bill that would require jailers who don’t have a jail to run to file quarterly progress reports with their county fiscal courts passed the Senate but is awaiting consideration in the House. Legislators are set to reconvene in Frankfort for a day next week, concluding this year’s regular session. And Sen. Danny Carroll, who sponsored the bill, said he’s hopeful that the bill will pass. “I think this accountability measure and the transparency of what this will bring should take care of the issues” raised by WFPL’s Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting last year, said Carroll, a Republican from Paducah. Read More. |
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