A local citizens' group in Letcher County, Kentucky, said the federal government appears to be slowly moving forward with ...

Drug smuggling in Kentucky's prisons has become common, with nearly 10,000 incidents documented in the last five years, but one prison stands out from the rest. Since 2021, Eastern Kentucky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex is in West Liberty. Ashley Elgin had already purchased a welcome-home banner and ...

The preferred site in Letcher County identified by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons for a high-security prison is a spot at Roxana that was flattened by surface mining. Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com ...

The closures come even as Congress approved a major funding boost for the Bureau of Prisons with the One Big Beautiful Bill ...

The "Tiger King" is now behind bars in Kentucky.

Two guards at one of Kentucky's most scandal-plagued prisons, Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, are being prosecuted for allegedly trafficking drugs to inmates, including methamphetamines, ...

BOP Director William Marshall has announced the closure of multiple prisons across the United States. Big impact in Texas.

A transgender woman incarcerated in Eastern Kentucky is suing the state's prison system over a plan to cut off her gender-affirming hormone therapy. The lawsuit was filed in July in response to Senate ...

Ronald Exantus to be released from prison again this month ...