Fired rookie CO at Ky. juvenile center says she lacked training

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…

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