All male juveniles 14 or older facing violent charges in KY have been moved to high-level security facilities. Gov. Beshear announced Thursday that the facilities to be given the high-security designation are the Adair Regional Detention Center, Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center and Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center. Those centers, he said, will house male juveniles ages 14 and older who are charged with violent or other serious offenses. The Governor said 37 male juveniles have been transported to facilities in Adair, Fayette or Warren Counties.

“At the higher-level facilities, we can really amp up our security, and that will make everyone safer," the governor said at his weekly news conference.

It's the next step in a series of changes to the Dept. of Juvenile Justice, which include separating inmates by gender and offense. Until now, juveniles charged in Kentucky had been housed at their closest regional detention center.

Last November, several young people and staff were wounded in the disturbance at the Adair County Youth Detention Center. It began when a juvenile assaulted a staff member, took the employee’s keys and released other young people from their cells, according to KSP. Order was restored after KSP troopers and other law enforcement officers entered the facility.