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

A third guard was suspended for three days for failing to report Feb. 25, 2026, incident in a stairwell at Kentucky State ...
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Two Kentucky prison guards fired, one suspended after inmate alleges assault

The Kentucky Department of Corrections fired two prison guards and suspended another after an inmate complained he was ...
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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 ...
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A KY program teaches Shakespeare to incarcerated men. See, hear their performance

Kentucky Shakespeare hosts a theater program at Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, Kentucky. This year, ...
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Maximum-security KY prison neared riot over guard planting contraband on inmates

Officials feared a gang riot last November at Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville after inmates discovered a guard was planting contraband tattoo needles in cells during searches, resulting in ...
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Kentucky Corrections commissioner visits EKCC days after LEX 18 report

(LEX 18) — Kentucky Department of Corrections Commissioner Cookie Crews visited the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex on Monday, days after LEX 18 Investigates reported she had not visited the ...
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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 ...