Detention facility where teen died to close

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) – A juvenile detention center where a 16-year-old girl died last year is being shut down.

The Department of Juvenile Justice announced the closure of Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention center in Hardin County.

The detention center is where Gynnya McMillen was found dead inside her cell early last year.

Activists later called for the facility to close.

The department says the move was part of an effort to consolidate operations and follows an overhaul of the juvenile justice system.

The center will close next month.

The department says two other centers will close as well