Kentucky prisons

A new program in Pulaski County is aiming to grow the local workforce while, at the same time, helping people who are incarcerated get a new start. It's…

Kentucky Corrections officials continue to face a housing crunch when it comes to the state’s inmate population.State Justice Secretary John Tilley said…

Kentucky is taking part in a new research program aimed at reducing the recidivism rate of the state’s prison inmates. Kentucky is one of four states…

A study by a Campbellsville University professor finds Kentucky has a lack of standardized programs aimed at helping former inmates re-enter society.The…

A Kentucky detention center has asked the state Department of Corrections to lift its restrictions on the number of state prisoners it can hold.The Daily…

The two-year spending plan passed by the Kentucky House budget committee allocates $70 million to reopen three private prisons.Daniel Cameron is the…

Kentucky has the 9th highest incarceration rate in the nation. The commonwealth is seeing an increasing prison population at the same time the national…

A work group studying Kentucky’s prison system predicts additional incarceration costs totaling more than a half billion dollars over the next decade, if…

Jefferson County’s top prosecutor is calling on Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to take action on overcrowded jails in Louisville and across the state.Speaking…

State prisons are at capacity, county jails are overcrowded and the state is recommending transferring about 1,600 inmates to private prisons that have…