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The agency was previously known as the Jefferson County Corrections Department, but the name was changed with the merger of city and county governments in 2003. LMDC operates three facilities: The Main Jail Complex (MJC) at 6th and Liberty Streets, the adjacent Hall of Justice (HOJ) on 6th and Jefferson, and the Community Corrections Center ...
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.
Blackburn Correctional Complex (BCC) is a minimum-security state prison located near Lexington, Kentucky. It opened in 1972 and had a prison population of 594 as of 2007. [1] It is named for former Kentucky governor Luke P. Blackburn, who is known as the "father of prison reform in Kentucky."
The city had faced calls from jail reform advocates to cancel its contract with Wellpath amid a spike in deaths at LMDC, where 12 incarcerated people died in less than a year spanning 2021-22.
There may be one county jail in your area but multiple police lockups. Contact the local sheriff and police departments to determine how many facilities hold new detainees, even if it's only for 24 to 72 hours. If a local jail doesn't send out press releases about deaths — many don't — file public records requests to obtain unreported ...
At that time, the detention center housed 312 inmates in its 184-bed facility — 92 of those were state inmates. The Whitley County facility was one of several local jails that joined an April ...
An inmate is dead after being found unresponsive at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections Tuesday, officials say.. According to a news release, officers found a 54-year-old man ...
The Kentucky Department of Corrections Assessment and Classification Center is located at Roederer. All new male inmates, with the exception of those sentenced to death, are initially assigned to Roederer until they can be classified and transferred to other prison within the Commonwealth. The prison opened in 1978 and had a prison population ...