Changes to Kentucky Department of Corrections rules that clarify and broaden accommodations for transgender inmates have rankled some Republicans, who claimed this week the state is using taxpayer ...

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.

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 ...

It would also ban the Department of Corrections from providing funding for cross-sex hormones and gender transition surgery for inmates, echoing a similar filed in the Senate last week.. Rep. Kim ...

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 ...

An official with the state's Department of Corrections has been fired for mishandling an allegation of sexual assault — the latest high-profile firing by Kentucky's Justice and Public Safety ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky Department of Corrections will use a new system for processing legal mail as part of a settlement reached with the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A treatment officer for the Kentucky Department of Corrections is accused of rape, and the alleged victims were two inmates who were on supervised release from prison.

In Kentucky, 23 of the state's 80 jails offer drug treatment. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of inmates here detoxing from opiates tripled – from around 2000 to 6000. Authorities say the ...

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