LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky’s attorney general has ruled that the Fayette County Detention Center violated the state’s Open Records Act when it denied a public defender investigator’s request for jail policy documents without citing the proper legal authority for the denial.
In Opinion 26-ORD-108, issued March 19, 2026, Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office found that the detention center failed to identify the specific statutory exception it was relying on and failed to explain how that exception applied — both requirements under KRS 61.880(1).
The ruling stems from a February 18, 2026, records request by Michelle Green-Young, a special investigator with the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy. Green-Young requested two categories of documents from the Fayette County Detention Center: the facility’s general operations manual and its policies governing strip searches of newly booked inmates…