A former juvenile corrections officer has been jailed after being accused of sex

Former juvenile corrections officer jailed
Associated Press
March 15, 2012

A former juvenile corrections officer has been jailed after being accused of sex
crimes.

The former employee, Ardith Brown, faces charges of felony child molestation and
sexual assault against persons in custody, the Georgia Department of Juvenile
Justice said in a statement late Wednesday.

Brown was a former staff member at the Regional Youth Detention Center in
Gainesville. She was fired on Feb. 2, after an internal investigation into
allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old in the
department's custody, authorities said.

Brown was being held in the Hall County Jail. Jail records did not indicate
whether she had an attorney.

The Gainesville case is the latest in a series of investigations involving the
Department of Juvenile Justice, which began a system-wide review after the
beating death of a 19-year-old at an Augusta facility.

"As a result of our surprise inspections at all 27 Georgia juvenile detention
centers, we've observed many of our Juvenile Corrections Officers become more
diligent in monitoring youth activity at all our facilities," Commissioner Gale
Buckner said in a statement.

The agency recently named a new director of the Augusta Youth Development
Campus, which has been at the center of several investigations involving its
staff after the beating death.

Nine workers at the Augusta youth center have been fired since November. Two
others were demoted and offered positions at different facilities.

http://www.ajc.com/news/former-juvenile-corrections-officer-1386082.html?cxtype=\
rss_news_82001