The Kentucky Department of Corrections has settled a lawsuit and changed its policy on hairstyles in prisons in response to an inmate who said his dreadlocks, which he wore for religious reasons ...

The number of KY agencies that have signed formal agreements with federal immigration officials continues to climb. Most are ...

Kentucky is joining Arizona, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Virginia in a national initiative to expand postsecondary education ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Kentucky Department of Corrections says they are looking for Matthew Perdue, who walked away from the George Privett Center for Men in Lexington on September 26.

White retired from the corrections department in late 2023 after a 27-year career that included a stint as warden of the Kentucky State Penitentiary. White assumes his new role on April 1.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Four elected Kentucky jailers and their statewide association have sued the Kentucky Department of Corrections, claiming it routinely fails to move inmates in county ...

A federal appeals court has ruled the Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving medication for inmates with hepatitis C because it is expensive — a decision a dissenting judge ...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections website shows 30 people currently on death row, including one female inmate. Harold McQueen, Jr. was the first Kentucky death row inmate executed after ...

Kentucky State, Corrections Department open pathway for degrees. By: Michael Berk. Posted . and last updated. LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Time and money, or a lack of both, are oftentimes the two ...

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Five inmates at the Kentucky State Penitentiary are suspected of orchestrating an attack that sent a corrections officer to the hospital, police said.