WKYT Investigates: High capacities, understaffing a major problem in Kentucky jails and prisons
By Miranda Combs | LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Lincoln County Jailer Rob Wilson said he has a 72-bed jail and 182 inmates currently staying in the facility. That is nothing new. In fact, there are 29 jails in Kentucky that are 150 percent or more overcapacity. The two isolation rooms in the Lincoln County jail usually have…