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The Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP), also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland," is a maximum security and supermax prison with capacity for 856 prisoners located in Eddyville, Kentucky on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) from downtown Eddyville. [1] It is managed by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
Kentucky State Reformatory. / 38.40361°N 85.41583°W / 38.40361; -85.41583. Kentucky State Reformatory (KSR) is a medium-security prison for adult males. The prison is located in unincorporated Oldham County, Kentucky, near La Grange, [1] and about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Louisville. [2] It opened in 1940 [3] to replace the ...
KDOC Website. The Kentucky Department of Corrections is a state agency of the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet that operates state-owned adult correctional facilities and provides oversight for and sets standards for county jails. They also provide training, community based services, and oversees the state's Probation & Parole Division.
Prichard co-authored with John B. Wells III, 10th Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1996) and author of Embattled Capital: Frankfort, Kentucky in the Civil War (Frankfort ...
The Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort was an American prison. It was the first prison built west of the Allegheny Mountains and completed on June 22, 1800 when [1] Kentucky was still virtually a wilderness. The Kentucky Legislature of 1798 had appointed Harry Innes, Alexander S. Bullitt, Caleb Wallace, Isaac Shelby and John Coburn as ...
Kentucky’s state prisons hold 11,500 people and county jails hold 20,000 more. There are 63,000 people on probation or parole. HB 5 might feel tough on crime, but there is no evidence it will ...
Green River Correctional Complex is a state prison located in Central City, Kentucky. It opened in 1994 and had a prison population of 982 as of 2007. It is a medium security adult male correctional facility and it is operated by the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Corrections. The prison is on 250 acres (1.0 km 2 ...
Medium/Maximum. Capacity. 1,204. Opened. 1981. Managed by. Kentucky Department of Corrections. The Luther Luckett Correctional Complex is a Medium/MINIMUM-security state prison located in Oldham County, near La Grange, Kentucky, about 30 miles northeast of Louisville. It opened in 1981 and had a prison population 1,204 as of 2018.