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In June 2013, Kentucky temporarily ended its decades-long relationship with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) (now CoreCivic), closing Marion Adjustment Center in St. Mary, the last private prison at the time that housed Kentucky inmates. This decision was widely applauded across the state, as the tax dollar savings totaled in the millions.
Penalty: Felony, punishable by a fine up to $1,000, or by imprisonment in state prison up to ten years, or both. 1929: Miscegenation [Statute] Miscegenation declared a felony. Also forbid marriages between persons of the Caucasian, Asian and Malay races. 1952: Adoption [State Code] Adoption petitions must state race of petitioner and child.
The Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP), also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland", is a maximum security and supermax prison with capacity for 856 prisoners located in Eddyville, Kentucky on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) from downtown Eddyville. [1]
The private prison industry has long fueled its growth on the proposition that it is a boon to taxpayers, delivering better outcomes at lower costs than state facilities. But significant evidence undermines that argument: the tendency of young people to return to crime once they get out, for example, and long-term contracts that can leave ...
Independently-arranged adoptions can reduce costs by staying in-state, sharing prenatal and child birth medical costs with the birth parents, finding a birth parent by word-of-mouth or by offer to avoid shopping for an adoption-willing parent. Private adoption agencies are the most expensive option, with an average cost of $42,337.
Finally, the Herald-Leader asked if there was anything either of the corrections officials wanted to say directly about the problem of inappropriate employee-inmate relationships inside Kentucky ...
Over the past five years, the department confirmed 59 cases of employee-on-inmate sexual offenses in Kentucky prisons in violation of the federal law, with 35 cases forwarded to prosecutors for ...
More than 30,000 people are in Kentucky prisons and jails, which is among the nation’s highest according to a new report. More than 30,000 people are in Kentucky prisons and jails, which is ...