Drugs and paraphernalia were smuggled in at higher rates than other items like tattoo equipment or weapons.

A third guard was suspended for three days for failing to report Feb. 25, 2026, incident in a stairwell at Kentucky State ...

Guards at Southeast State Correctional Complex, a Kentucky state prison in Floyd County, abused their authority by planting a weapon on an inmate, using racist slurs toward Black inmates, daring ...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections fired two prison guards and suspended another after an inmate complained he was ...

Officials feared a gang riot last November at Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville after inmates discovered a guard was planting contraband tattoo needles in cells during searches, resulting in ...

(LEX 18) — Kentucky Department of Corrections Commissioner Cookie Crews visited the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex on Monday, days after LEX 18 Investigates reported she had not visited the ...

Ashley Elgin had already purchased a welcome-home banner and balloons, and she was planning to take her husband’s last name soon. She told the Herald-Leader she was just nine days away from being ...

Kentucky officials say a second person has died due to the winter storm, an inmate.The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet said an inmate, Marvin Knuckles, died while shoveling snow at the ...

Kentucky Shakespeare hosts a theater program at Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, Kentucky. This year, ...