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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.
Southeast State Correctional Complex, formerly the Otter Creek Correctional Center, is a medium-security prison located in Wheelwright, Kentucky. [1] The facility is owned by CoreCivic and is operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. The prison has housed both male and female inmates at different times, from Kentucky and from Hawaii. [2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 596 square miles (1,540 km 2), of which 587 square miles (1,520 km 2) is land and 9.0 square miles (23 km 2) (1.5%) is water. [6] It is the fifth-largest county by area in Kentucky. Ohio County is part of the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky. Much of Ohio County ...
The inspection provision has little to do with the state’s annual spending plan. Sheriffs want more say over jail inspections. Now there’s a provision in NC’s budget
GPS-based tracking system used for some individuals released from prison, jail or immigrant detention. According to a survey distributed by The Pew Charitable Trusts in December 2015, "the number of accused and convicted criminal offenders in the United States who are supervised with ankle monitors and other GPS-system electronic tracking devices rose nearly 140 percent over 10 years ...
Ohio lawmakers want to earmark $250 million for local jail construction and renovations. Others say building projects aren't the right answer.
On April 11, 1993, a major riot broke out at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility that resulted in ten deaths. [4] Nine inmates and one corrections officer were killed. [4] In 2019, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported that the department's inspection office had a single full-time employee, and used interns to conduct inspections. [2]
FCI Ashland's primary service area includes Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Ohio, western Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh), Tennessee, and West Virginia. [3] FCI Ashland has a satellite camp which Forbes magazine ranked as one of the best places to go to prison in the United States. The camp holds a "wellness" program including aerobic ...