Local agencies vigilant in employee searches

Officials react to report of corrections officers, KKK members plotting to kill Black man

  • A guard tower stands behind the entrance to the Reception and Medical Center, the state’s prison hospital where new inmates are processed, in Lake Butler.
    A guard tower stands behind the entrance to the Reception and Medical Center, the state’s prison hospital where new inmates are processed, in Lake Butler.
An Associated Press story detailing how former state Department of Corrections employees plotted to kill a Palatka man placed scrutiny on agencies’ hiring practices. However, the Palatka Police…

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