Activists are voicing displeasure with the state’s response to a Kentucky teenager’s death while in state custody.
About two dozen people gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to urge Governor Matt Bevin’s administration to take more action in response to 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen’s death at Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Facility in Elizabethtown in January.
Justice Secretary John Tilley has said the girl died in her sleep from a heart condition and a martial arts hold used to restrain her was not a contributing factor.
Activist Enchanta Jackson said Thursday there’s been no accountability or reform since McMillen’s death. Activists say the facility should be closed and all staffers involved should be fired. Three detention center workers have been fired.
State justice officials say a review of personnel and procedures is underway.
Source: AP
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