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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."
In November 2017, due to facility overcrowding, the Kentucky Department of Corrections signed a contract allowing CoreCivic to reactivate the vacant prison to house up to 800 male inmates. These inmates would be transferred from the Kentucky State Reformatory. [11] The facility reopened and began accepting inmates in March 2018. [12]
In a brief 10-minute interview, Department of Corrections officials repeatedly say the system is working well. KY prison leaders dodge questions on inmate sex, smuggling, but say, ‘We deal with ...
The prison population could pass 100,000 in three years time, the government has said, paving the way for a further overcrowding crisis in the crumbling prison estate.. New forecasts from the ...
President of the Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) Nick Smart told the body’s annual conference that inmates are being set free without proper release plans and that the police would ...
Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States.Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Central Bank Center (formerly Lexington Center), a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, which is located next to the Lexington Hyatt and Hilton hotels.
The Kentucky House made more changes on Thursday to its sprawling, controversial anti-crime package before sending it to the Senate and an uncertain fate.. House Bill 5, called the Safer Kentucky ...
The 102,000 ft 2 (9,480 m 2) structure contains separate practice courts for the men's and women's basketball programs, as well as support spaces for both programs, including coaches' offices. [1] It also includes a ticket office, athletic administration offices, and the renovation of 17,500 ft 2 (1,630 m 2 ) of space in Memorial Coliseum to ...