Southeast State Correctional Complex sees its first BSCTC prison program graduate
Big Sandy Community and Technical College celebrates its first prison program graduate from the Southeast…
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Kentucky Legislators Look to Prevent Inmates from Returning to Prison
Kentucky legislators discussed how inmates could be rehabilitated through education.
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BOP gives green light to new federal prison in Letcher County
ROXANA, Ky. — The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has given the go-ahead for a new federal prison to be…
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Environmental activists say proposed prison would have raise flood risk, hurt environment
WHITESBURG, Ky. (Kentucky News Connection) — After Republican Congressman Hal Rogers inserted…
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New prison opens, brings 270 new jobs
WHEELWRIGHT, Ky. — An early Christmas present came to the city of Wheelwright today, as Gov. Andy…
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Dozens of inmates test positive for virus at WVa prison
MOUNT OLIVE, W.Va. (AP) — Dozens of inmates at a West Virginia prison have tested positive for the…
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Kentucky man who threatened school shooting gets 10 years
A Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to threatening to shoot someone at a high school has been sentenced.
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Plans for reopening of Wheelwright prison announced
The state of Kentucky is moving forward with plans to reopen a Floyd County prison.
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Woman sentenced after brutal stabbing in Pike County
Sentencing was handed down on a Lexington woman in a recent stabbing case that involved a female juvenile…
Read MoreLetcher federal prison project given the go-ahead
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There has been developing news today out of the nation’s capital, where…
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