Kentucky inmates

A guard at a juvenile justice facility in McCracken County was fired after he broke the arms of two young male inmates this past fall.

The Republican majority in the Kentucky General Assembly is pushing back on new proposals concerning gender-affirming care for state inmates. The state Department of Corrections has proposed new rules to improve accommodations for transgender prisoners, which could include gender reassignment surgeries.

Kentucky officials say they will release 570 paroled inmates faster in an effort to ease overcrowding at state and local correctional facilities.The…

A bill proposed in the state House of Representatives would reduce penalties for some crimes with the goal of saving the state money, according to the…

HAZARD, Ky. — Larry Trent was just one of the 154 or more inmates who died in a Kentucky jail during the past 6½ years. Arrested on July 5, 2013, in his car outside a Hazard doughnut shop, the 54-year-old

The Hopkins County Jail has taken a gardening program for inmates to a new level by adding a small orchard. Jailer Joe Blue says inmates enrolled in a…

In rural counties, state-run prisons are often major employers. And, after state budget cuts and reforms in the penal code, they remain an important part…

The attorney for Kevin Wayne Dunlap says her client was incompetent to plead guilty in the slayings of three children because part of his brain is…