Lexington Herald-Leader
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A rookie correctional officer who was fired from the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice last month for threatening to pepper spray a teen boy while he was locked in his cell says she regrets her actions, but she was overworked and not given the necessary training or supervision to do a difficult job.
Nickie Jean Terry, a former dietary aide at a nursing home, lasted less than two months at the Adair Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Columbia…