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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections tells local media that 40-year-old Jason Lindbloom and 36-year-old Jason Prater escaped Sunday evening from the Blackburn Correctional Complex.