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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 was one of five states selected by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) to participate in a one-year learning community to expand postsecondary opportunities for ...

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.

About every three months, there is a shipment of state inmates to one of Kentucky’s correctional facilities. When an inmate has been sentenced on a state charge, Fields said the department of ...