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Kentucky is one of many states facing overcrowded jails and surging costs for holding those inmates. State lawmakers are considering some minor efforts to…
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Everyone experiences prison time differently. To Sarah Perrine, who received a ten year sentence for a host of drug-related charges, it ended up being a…
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Prison overcrowding has increasingly become part of the national conversation. Meanwhile, states are trying to do more to keep ex-offenders from going…
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A new report says Kentucky counties have "wildly inconsistent" bail practices.The Courier Journal reports the study was released Tuesday by the…
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More Kentuckians with low-level felony convictions would be able to clear their criminal records after a waiting period under a bill that passed out of a…
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The head of Kentucky’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and two Republican state lawmakers say the legislature needs to make changes to the state’s…
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A new poll suggests that a majority of Kentuckians think the nation’s criminal justice system is in need of reform, and they want U.S. Senate Majority…
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Officials say a riot at a central Kentucky jail led to several inmates being moved to another facility.A statement from Kentucky State Police said that…
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A senate panel has adopted legislation aimed at reforms for a growing female population in Kentucky prisons and jails. It includes standards regarding…
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This new essay, edited by Ernest Drucker, argues that mass incarceration — more than 2 million Americans are locked up — tears at our social fabric and leaves people with no option but to reoffend.