Powell County Corrections Officer charged with inappropriate relationship with an inmate

POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) -An employee with the Powell County Detention Center has been arrested after an internal investigation.

According to a Facebook post, the Stanton Police Department helped PCDC investigate the relationship between a corrections officer and an inmate.

Christine Spencer has been charged by Stanton Police with second-degree sexual abuse and taken to the Clark County Detention Center.

Spencer was arrested Saturday.

In the Facebook post, Jailer Teddy Lacy says, “I want it to be known that the public doesn’t have to worry about placing their trust in this institution.”

“Our facility takes our responsibility to the law, the state of Kentucky and the citizens of Powell County very seriously both inside and outside of our walls,” Lacy continued. “If one of my deputies does something like this, I will put the cuffs on them personally, and transport them to another facility.”

No further comment is available at this time due to the ongoing nature of this investigation,