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For the second time this year, detainees of the St. Louis Justice Center were able to break out of their cells, break windows and set small fires.

Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky plans to reopen and operate a privately owned prison to shift inmates from overcrowded county jails. The facility is in…

A lawsuit filed by public defenders in Kentucky says people are being left in jail longer than they're supposed to for technical parole violations during…

Ronald Nelson wants out of jail. For seven months, he’s been serving time for drug charges in the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He’s got…

Thousands of inmates held in county jails have been released since the Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice issued an order last week effectively closing…

A report published last week found that Kentucky’s incarceration rates are the worst in its region, topping Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia,…

A new report ranks Kentucky 9th in the nation for the rate at which counties hold residents in local jails. The state-by-state analysis aims to provide a…

Some members of the Kentucky legislature want to eliminate the state’s bail system, no longer requiring low-risk criminal defendants to pay bail in order…

Louisville pediatrician Michelle Elisburg recently saw a 10-year-old patient who had started acting out in school, couldn’t stop fidgeting and was…

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…