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27 Dec 2006, 7:20 am
Today's Louisville Courier-Journal profiles the work of Victor McKinney, one of the 15 full-time chaplains employed by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 2:00 am
FACE SUBSTANTIAL PRISON TIME FOR ATTACK ON NONVIOLENT, RESTRAINED INMATEAccording to a press release issued by the United States Department of Justice, two former correctional officers at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex pleaded guilty in early July to their respective roles in the assault of an inmate who was “lying face-down, wearing handcuffs and leg shackles, and isolated in a prison shower cell. [read post]
18 Jul 2009, 5:36 am
Lisa Lamb, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections, said in a statement that officials traveled to the prison last week and this week to investigate allegations of "inappropriate sexual contact or assault involving Kentucky inmates. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 1:03 pm by Steve Hall
Corrections Department spokeswoman Lisa Lamb said death row inmates get the same level of care as the other 23,000 inmates in state custody — regular access to doctors and medications when necessary. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 4:25 pm by Theodore Harvatin
Louisville, Kentucky Metro Corrections officer Liliana Hernandez has been suspended after being accused of lying under oath last month. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 8:13 am
The Kentucky Corrections Department had refused to release its 29-step protocol, citing security concerns. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 2:36 am
Supreme Court ordered released this week.The order came as the court considers whether Kentucky's method of lethalinjection -- similar to that used in 35 other states -- is constitutional.The Kentucky Corrections Department had refused to release its 29-stepprotocol, citing security concerns. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 10:21 am by Steve Hall
Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Dorinda Carter said there is no allegation that Tennessee did anything improper in purchasing the drug. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 8:44 am
In its 35-page ruling, the court said the state Department of Corrections must follow state-mandated administrative procedures before adopting the current lethal injection process of a three-drug cocktail. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 1:00 pm by admin
”  The opinion then orders the Kentucky Department of Corrections ”…to adopt as an administrative regulation all portions of the protocol implementing the lethal injection statute…. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 6:51 am
Beshear spared the Corrections Department from the current round of state budget cuts, but it's unlikely to get additional money. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 1:46 pm by Medicare Set Aside Services
If it doesn't watch out, Kentucky is going to establish itself as the most active MSP state in the nation. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 1:12 pm
  Last year, Laurel County diverted $1.5 million from its general fund to the county jail - and cut every other department's budget, including the Sheriff's Department. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 9:00 am
Kentucky's execution protocol is kept secret by the Department of Corrections, which cited security concerns in denying open-records requests from The Associated Press. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 1:00 pm
” The opinion then orders the Kentucky Department of Corrections "…to adopt as an administrative regulation all portions of the protocol implementing the lethal injection statute…. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 9:08 am by Steve Hall
Instead, Shepherd cited the language in the state's lethal injection statute allowing the Department of Corrections to use "a substance or combination of substances" in executing an inmate. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 8:50 am
Yesterday the US Supreme Court heard argument in this case, in which it is argued that lethal injection using a combination of sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride is "cruel and unusual punishment", contrary to the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution: the argument is, firstly, that the relevant test is whether a punishment involves an unnecessary risk of suffering (the [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 9:51 am by Steve Hall
We've been asked to do that, and I've said, quite frankly, 'No, we're not going to do that.' We'll send them off to other suppliers, and other departments of corrections," Musso said. [read post]
22 Nov 2009, 7:31 pm
Farmer, also of Boaz, Kentucky, was trapped inside the vehicle and required mechanical extrication by the White Mills Fire Department. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 8:54 am by Steve Hall
The Kentucky Department of Corrections rejected the grievance, saying nothing about the way the drugs are obtained or used violates federal law. [read post]