The family of a Madison County man who died after being released from a local jail is calling for the Department of Corrections to shut down the detention center.
Dion Watts, 42, a father of six, died Jan. 6 at University of Kentucky Medical Center — five days after he was involved in an “altercation” with jail staff inside the entryway to the Madison County Detention Center, leaving him with a broken ankle.
Now, the family, state and local officials are demanding answers about what happened between Watts’ interaction in the jail and his death…