But since Aug. 31, one Kentucky facility — the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty — has reached half that total, with three homicides in a span of just over four months.

Deaths in Kentucky prisons last year soared from 39 to 63. A Louisville lawmaker wants to establish a fatality review board.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty. (John Cheves/jcheves@herald-leader.com) A man being held at an Eastern ...

Legislation that is aimed at expanding prison-based education and job-training programs proven to reduce crime has been filed ...

The sister of a man who died in a Kentucky prison in 2021 has filed a second lawsuit - this time against the state justice cabinet and its officials for failing to enforce insurance contracts in its ...

Ronald Exantus, 34, spoke with defense investigator Joshua Powell during his trial in Lexington. In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, ...

PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WOWK) – Kentucky State Police are searching for an inmate who walked away from the Pike County Detention Center Wednesday evening. According to KSP, 36-year-old Whitney Hurley of ...

Ashley Elgin's husband was murdered at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex last year, just days from release. Now she's pushing for reform.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Ronald Exantus has been ordered to serve out the remainder of his sentence in a Kentucky state prison. The Kentucky Parole Board held a file review on Thursday and revoked his ...

Mason King, center, speaks to people who were incarcerated during a Second Chance Academy class on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, Ky. Christian Kantosky ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man released from prison after serving less than half of his 20-year prison sentence for stabbing a 6-year-old to death in his bed in 2015 will remain behind bars after ...