By R.G. Dunlop Special to NKyTribune Part one of a two-part series Steve Martin has spent 53 years in prison for murdering a ...

Securus provides computer tablets to prison and jail inmates through for-profit contracts around the country. Securus Technologies Almost nobody outside of the Kentucky Department of Corrections has ...

(TNS) — Almost nobody outside of the Kentucky Department of Corrections has heard about how several hundred prison inmates hacked their state-issued, for-profit computer tablets to create more than $1 ...

A man who spent nine years in the Kentucky Department of Corrections is now dedicating his life to helping others in his ...

Phillip O’Hara was 40 when he died inside the Laurel County Corrections Center. His Oct. 2021 death was listed as “natural” in autopsy records, caused by hypertensive cardiovascular disease. O’Hara’s ...

Almost nobody outside of the Kentucky Department of Corrections has heard about how several hundred prison inmates hacked their state-issued, for-profit computer tablets to create more than $1 million ...

Kentucky Senate Bill 2, filed by Republican Sen. Mike Wilson, aims to prevent the Department of Corrections from funding gender transition care for inmates. While Kentucky's Attorney General ...

Rocky Adkins, senior adviser to Gov. Andy Beshear, and Department of Corrections Commissioner Cookie Crews at the Little Sandy Correctional Complex in Sandy Hook. A southeastern Kentucky jail is ...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections said in a statement they are “committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all individuals who fall under the department’s oversight,” but noted they ...

A Hazard man died Saturday at the Floyd County Detention Center in what police say appears to be a suicide, renewing concerns about safety at the Eastern Kentucky jail once known for contraband, ...

House Bill 5 would require state prisons to designate areas by biological sex and prohibit funding from being spent on gender transition care. The bill comes after President Trump issued an order ...

Correction: This story was updated to correct the date the Kentucky Department of Corrections concluded its investigation into messages sent by former employee Taylor Kapusta. The warden at ...