The plan to build a prison in Letcher County is generating opposition from a burgeoning national coalition that includes formerly incarcerated people.

As correctional facilities in Kentucky and other states deal with overcrowding, researchers and community groups across the country are calling for more research into “post-incarceration syndrome.”

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced new appointments in the Justice and Public Safety cabinet Thursday, including a new secretary and a new commissioner of the embattled Department of Juvenile Justice.

A sweeping GOP anti-crime bill passed the Senate Friday despite some lawmakers’ concerns the bill lacks an evidence-based approach.

The omnibus tough-on-crime bill often called the Safer Kentucky Act passed a Senate committee despite a “no” vote from the committee chair.

A Kentucky lawmaker is working with state agencies to reform how they manage children in their custody, especially those who need psychiatric services.

A bipartisan team of Kentucky Congress members filed the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act on Monday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recently unsealed court documents show that an Army soldier accused of selling national defense information has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a wide range on charges, including bribery of a public official. Sgt. Korbein Schultz was arrested at Fort Campbell Thursday shortly after the indictment was released.

The sweeping Republican-backed crime bill could lead to more incarceration, which could bring problems for many Kentucky jails that are already overcrowded with people in state custody.

The sponsors of the so-called Safer Kentucky Act say the extensive legislation is proven to reduce crime and that they have evidence to back it up, but several researchers they cite cast doubt on the legislation’s intended effect.