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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.
Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in Morgan County this week reports 64 empty beds out of 1,914. Northpoint Training Center in Boyle County reports 23 empty beds out of 1,270.
In January 1983, the Kentucky Department of Corrections received control of the property and renamed it Northpoint Training Center. It was intended as a minimum-security institution for fewer than 500 inmates, but quickly changed to a medium-security institution with a proposed population of approximately 700 inmates. [2]
Completed in 1886, it is Kentucky's oldest prison facility and the only commonwealth-owned facility with supermax units. The penitentiary houses Kentucky's male death row inmates and the commonwealth's execution facility. As of 2015, it had approximately 350 staff members and an annual operating budget of $20 million. [2]
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Female Matrons in charge of women at Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort Name Title Tenure Notes Mrs. Hanley [30] 1906: Matron: From Mason County Mrs. E. E. Mudd [31] 1913: Matron: Widow of the late warden, appointed by the Prison Commission Mrs. Elizabeth Ruff [32] 1920: Matron: Mrs. Ruff was housekeeper for Capital Hotel for a number of ...
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According to prosecutors, inmates at the prison have been Tasered, beaten and sodomized by the staff. Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex has produced several scandals in recent years Skip to ...