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Kentucky Department of Corrections Interim Commissioner Jim Erwin has announced that Malcolm Smith has been promoted to deputy warden at Little Sandy…

Jeff Smith never thought he would belong to a club that includes the likes of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick,…

Self-described political and social conservatives in northern Kentucky are forming an organization opposed to the death penalty. Andrew Vandiver, who…

The Rowan County Fiscal Court has selected a location for a new regional jail. Rowan County Judge Executive Walter Blevins says the site is ideal for…

The Rowan County Fiscal Court has asked the construction firm and architect for the county’s new regional jail to present cost options for building…

Unless plans for a new regional jail in Rowan County include space for amenities to rehabilitate prisoners, they probably won’t be approved by the…

A bill introduced in the state Legislature would give survivors of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault the ability to get out of a home or…

On the same day Pennsylvania's governor placed a moratorium on the death penalty in the Keystone state, a Kentucky lawmaker filed a bill to make what she…

Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie says too many non-violent felons are locked up and local judges ought to be given more discretion for handing out…

The close of 2014 marks six years without an execution in the Bluegrass State. That's consistent with national trends, according to a new report from the…