The Kentucky Department of Corrections has settled a lawsuit and changed its policy on hairstyles in prisons in response to an inmate who said his dreadlocks, which he wore for religious reasons ...

Kentucky is joining four other states in introducing a new way to give those with criminal records a second chance at education. Kentucky is joining Arizona, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Virginia in a ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Kentucky Department of Corrections says they are looking for Matthew Perdue, who walked away from the George Privett Center for Men in Lexington on September 26.

A mechanical fire at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in Morgan County means 108 inmates will be temporarily moved to other prisons, according to the Kentucky Department of Corrections.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Four elected Kentucky jailers and their statewide association have sued the Kentucky Department of Corrections, claiming it routinely fails to move inmates in county ...

White retired from the corrections department in late 2023 after a 27-year career that included a stint as warden of the Kentucky State Penitentiary. White assumes his new role on April 1.

A federal appeals court has ruled the Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving medication for inmates with hepatitis C because it is expensive — a decision a dissenting ...

Kentucky Department of Corrections 2349 Lawrenceburg Road Frankfort, KY 40602 Phone: (502) 564-4795 Fax: (502) 564-5887 The Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Kentucky Community & ...

DANVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Northpoint Training Center (NTC) for the Department of Corrections is mourning the loss of one of its officers. According to the Kentucky non-profit Supporting ...

Kentucky State, Corrections Department open pathway for degrees. By: Michael Berk. Posted . and last updated. LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Time and money, or a lack of both, are oftentimes the two ...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections website shows 30 people currently on death row, including one female inmate. Harold McQueen, Jr. was the first Kentucky death row inmate executed after ...

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Five inmates at the Kentucky State Penitentiary are suspected of orchestrating an attack that sent a corrections officer to the hospital, police said.