House Bill 422, called Logan’s Law, would lengthen prison sentences, narrow the criminal insanity defense and eliminate some ...

Former correctional officers charged with drug trafficking, other offenses for alleged scheme at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex.

The commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections has not made an in-person visit to EKCC in the past year, a period during which four inmates died in five months.

A former Kentucky State Police trooper has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to assault and terroristic threatening.

On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Kentucky's recidivism rate has declined for the second year in a row, with nearly 70 ...

Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Monday that action by his Special Prosecutions Unit resulted in a prison sentence ...

A Kentucky bill that would redefine what qualifies as a state inmate could increase reimbursements to counties, including Warren County, where the regional jail regularly houses far more inmates than ...

The trooper pleaded guilty to assault and terroristic threatening after beating a man with his baton during a 2023 trafic stop.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed an emergency motion to keep 240 convicted violent criminals in prison.

Ashley Elgin had already purchased a welcome-home banner and balloons, and she was planning to take her husband’s last name soon. She told the Herald-Leader she was just nine days away from being ...

Legislation heard in the House Judiciary committee on Wednesday would expand prison education and workforce training through a partnership between the Kentucky Community and ...