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Western Kentucky Correctional Complex (WKCC) is a segregated, dual-sex, medium-security prison in unincorporated Lyon County, Kentucky, [2] near the city of Fredonia. As of October 2019, the facility had 693 prisoners (493 men and 200 women). [1]
An Act passed both houses of the Kentucky Legislature on April 28, 1884 [3] providing for a branch penitentiary to be located in Eddyville, Kentucky.Former Confederate States brigadier general and Eddyville native Hylan Benton Lyon was the moving force behind the Kentucky State Branch Penitentiary being located in what is now Old Eddyville.
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.
In 16-month period ending November 2023, the KY Department of Corrections found more than 40 employees were involved in inappropriate relationships or smuggling contraband into prisons for inmates ...
Kyle Barton, 40, was incarcerated inside the Whitley County Detention Center for 16 days from Sept. 14 to Sept. 30, 2023, where he became so ill and went without treatment, he suffered a serious ...
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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies , the state had 389 law enforcement agencies employing 7,833 sworn police officers, about 183 for each 100,000 residents.
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,680. [1] Its county seat is Eddyville. [2] The county was formed from Caldwell County, Kentucky in 1854 and named for former Congressman Chittenden Lyon. [3] [4]