Tracey Reed — Instructor Profile

About Tracey Reed

Kentucky Association of Counties, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Jail Standards (Retired) Louisville, Kentucky
Ms. Reed has over a quarter century of total corrections experience. A graduate of Brescia University (BA-Psychology), Ms. Reed is a veteran in the field of corrections, having served the Kentucky Department of Corrections as a Senior Probation and Parole Officer, as well as KDOC’s first female jail consultant. Since retiring from the KY Dept. of Corrections in 2013, Ms. Reed has served as an Independent Jail Consult-ant for the Kentucky Association of Counties. She routinely develops and provides training for elected jailer sand their staff in critical areas of operations, to help KACO’s clients improve safety and security for those incarcerated in county jails, while also helping reduce liability for individual jail staff members and the county agencies that employ them. In addition, Ms. Reed serves as a member of the Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute’s advisory board, conducting audits for jails, providing training for correctional officers across the United States, and serving as an expert witness for litigants in the areas of intake screening, suicides, mental health, classification, detoxification, and policy and procedures. Ms. Reed’s expertise includes interpreting state and federal regulatory standards governing jail operations, construction and renovation, as well as conducting investigations into critical incidents. Ms. Reed resides in Louisville, Kentucky.