10:31am

Wed August 31, 2011
The Commonwealth

Former Deputy Jailer Honored

Conrad Lanham, middle, stopped an inmate who threatened a jail nurse. Shelby County Jailer Bobby Waits, left, and Crystal Souders with Southern Health Partners pose with Lanham after he was presented with the Deputy Jailer of the Year award at a conferenc

It started out as just an ordinary day at work for Conrad Lanham, a deputy jailer at the Shelby County Detention Center. Then everything changed in a heartbeat when an inmate grabbed a female employee and put a sharp object to her throat. What Lanham did next earned him the title of Kentucky Deputy Jailer of the Year for 2010, an award given each year to a deputy who has displayed remarkable courage and bravery.