Kentucky Youth Detention Center Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Inhumane Conditions and Abuse

Children were reportedly subjected to horrific conditions, including forced isolation, denial of basic hygiene, and psychological torture.

Adair County Youth Detention Center in Kentucky is facing a federal class-action lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions and abuse of children in custody.
Children were reportedly forced to eat, sleep, and defecate in their cells, and medications were routinely withheld as a form of punishment.
Specific allegations include a girl being left in her own menstrual blood for days while being mocked by staff, and a child being kept in an isolation cell with 'Baby Shark' playing on a loop.
Two teens who filed the lawsuit were kept in isolation for weeks, with one of them being seven months pregnant at the time.
The lawsuit names several state officials, including the head of the state Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kerry Harvey, and former state Juvenile Justice Commissioner Vicki Reed.