FRANKFORT (August 24, 2019) — Calling decades-old state incentives that have led to county jail overcrowding “perverse,” Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Secretary John Tilley yesterday called for legislative changes that he said could lower the number of state inmates in jails by up to one-third.
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Co-Chairman Rep. Jason Petrie, R-Elkton,
fielding questions during testimony from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet