Tonya R. Burton, superintendent of a state juvenile facility in Adair County, Kentucky, resigned following a 2022 riot that resulted in injuries among juveniles and staff. State police and law enforcement officers were called in to restore order.
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Tonya R. Burton resigned in December as the superintendent of a state juvenile facility in Adair County in south central Kentucky, The Lexington Herald-Leader A riot at the facility in 2022 left some juveniles and staff members injured after state police and other law enforcement officers entered the facility to restore order. That incident and other problems at state juvenile facilities
Personnel records obtained by the newspaper said Burton was due to be fired in November for failing to make mandatory mental health assessments and making false statements about the juvenile receiving a handcuff key. According to the records, Burton told investigators a boy held at the Adair facility in June was given a handcuff key by a guard. She accused him of using it to escape his cuffs while taking a shower. But investigators said Burton’s story was not supported by a review of security video and other evidence.
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