RESOLUTION NO.______, SERIES 2022
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A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION INTO LOUISVILLE METRO CORRECTIONS (AS AMENDED).
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBERS PIAGENTINI AND ARTHUR
WHEREAS, the inmate death of February 6, 2022 is known to the Legislative Council of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government ("Metro Council") to be the sixth inmate death at the Louisville Metro Corrections Department's facility ("Louisville Metro Jail") in the last three months; and
WHEREAS, the Metro Council believes that the number one priority of the Louisville Metro Government is to ensure the safety of all its residents, including those housed at the Louisville Metro Jail; and
WHEREAS, as recently as June 19, 2018, the Government Oversight and Audit Committee ("GOAC") expressed concern about the Louisville Metro Jail conditions (See, June 19, 2018 Louisville Metro Government Action Summary, ID 18-0899 "A Discussion of the Jail Conditions at Metro Corrections"); and
WHEREAS, the members of the Metro Council, individually and as members of the Public Safety Committee and GOAC have expressed concerns and sought changes within the Louisville Metro Corrections Department ("LMCD") over many years through multiple hearings and other actions seeking to improve officer morale, inmate safety and the overall operation of the department; and
WHEREAS, events have occurred during the administration of Mayor Greg Fischer which have required Metro Council to exercise its authority to investigate the affairs of government, to wit: the allegations of sexual abuse of minors enrolled in the Louisville Metro Police Explorer Program; the allegations of the sexual harassment and other misconduct at the Transit Authority of the River City (TARC); and the actions and inactions of the Fischer Administration surrounding the death of Breonna Taylor and the David McAtee and the protests related thereto; and
WHEREAS, Metro Council, on September 17, 2020, ...
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