{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Two female state workers, Scarlett Perry and Dawna King, were fired earlier this month after admitting to investigators that they had sex with a male Franklin County Regional Jail inmate who was performing janitorial work at the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. The investigation began when the Franklin County Regional Jail intercepted a sexually graphic letter from the inmate to Perry. A third Housing, Buildings and Construction Department employee, Benjamin Lawyer, was suspended for five days for failing to properly supervise the inmate and allowing him access to pornographic material that he viewed at work. The reports also noted allegations that moonshine was repeatedly brought to the department and that department workers improperly sold copper fittings that plumbers used when taking exams. The inspector general's office did not substantiate the moonshine allegations. It did make recommendations regarding the plumbing materials, including logging cash from the sales and documenting all purchases made with that cash.
