Drug contraband in Kentucky's prisons remains rampant. One stands out among the rest

Drugs and paraphernalia were smuggled in at higher rates than other items like tattoo equipment or weapons.

Guard charged with drug smuggling at Eastern KY prison with history of problems

Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex near West Liberty already ranked highest for smuggling reports among Kentucky prisons.
AOL

Report: Guards at KY prison planted weapon, used racist slurs, tossed contraband

Guards at Southeast State Correctional Complex, a Kentucky state prison in Floyd County, abused their authority by planting a weapon on an inmate, using racist slurs toward Black inmates, daring ...
AOL

Two KY prison guards fired after inmate claims his head was rammed into wall

The Kentucky Department of Corrections has fired two prison guards and suspended a third after a handcuffed inmate’s head was forced into a wall during an incident that went unreported for more than a ...
Kentucky Today

Prison staff member caught bringing drugs into EKCC

At the request of the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC), the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 8 in Morehead was ...
LEX 18

KSP: Correctional officer charged with smuggling drugs into eastern Kentucky prison

A correctional officer at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex faces multiple charges after prison officials caught him ...
WLWT

Kentucky AG files emergency appeal to keep violent criminals in prison

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed an emergency motion to keep 240 convicted violent criminals in prison.Coleman said it comes after the Franklin County Circuit Court invalidated a ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Deaths surged last year in KY prisons. One lawmaker wants to increase oversight

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 ...