Criminal Justice

Gov. Andy Beshear has announced changes to Kentucky’s juvenile justice system that will house youth charged with serious or violent crimes at high-security facilities.

Police believe the shooting occurred after a fight spilled over into the parking lot. The suspected shooter is still at large.

Metro Council members want an audit of the police department’s record-keeping, after a watchdog group filed a lawsuit claiming the agency improperly destroyed complaints.

The former Vanguard Academy employee was indicted on 10 counts of child abuse. She pleaded not guilty Monday.

The city paid $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit filed by three women who claimed they were coerced into serving as confidential informants and then sexually abused by a Louisville police detective.

The Kentucky Department of Corrections evacuated 117 people held at the Letcher County Jail after intense flooding.

The private contractor operating prison commissaries in Kentucky increased prices by 7.2% on July 1 with DOC approval.

The department lacks clear guidelines for serving arrest warrants in public settings, according to a KyCIR review.

Forty-six people on home incarceration have died since 2017 in Louisville, including seven in 2022 alone, according to data KyCIR requested from Metro Corrections.

A woman's death is putting a renewed focus on the flaws in the city's criminal justice system that harm victims of domestic violence, and allow offenders to avoid accountability.