The facility manager of the embattled Adair Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Columbia has resigned after an internal investigation found she violated several agency procedures, including lying to investigators, according to Department of Juvenile Justice records obtained by The Courier Journal.

Tonya Burton, who managed the facility starting in 2014, parted ways with the detention center on Dec. 4. She submitted her resignation on Nov. 21, a day after Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Randy White informed her of the department's intentions to dismiss her for "unsatisfactory performance," said Morgan Hall, a spokesperson for the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.

Burton's resignation came after an investigation by the department's Internal Investigation Branch found she failed to follow protocol for conducting mental health assessments on youth admitted to the facility - in some cases, failing to see to their completion entirely - and lied about completing them to investigators, according to documents obtained by The Courier Journal through an open records request.

The investigation was opened in August after the Internal Investigation Branch received a tip that several mental health assessments weren't conducted in June and July. During the investigation, Burton provided a spreadsheet detailing the assessments missing from an electronic-documenting system. Burton claimed she didn't have access to the system until August, though records indicate she was granted access in April, White wrote in his letter.

(From the Louisville Courier Journal)