A man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Kentucky sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in 2023.

Senior supervisors at the federal prison in Martin County encouraged staffers to assault prisoners and cover up the crimes, ...

At least 30 Kentucky prison guards had inappropriate relations ... After a protracted battle with state officials over records access, The Herald-Leader newspaper obtained a trove of internal ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The man charged with killing a Scott County, Kentucky, deputy was sentenced to prison Wednesday. A ...

Prison State: A Kentucky Community Conversation is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WISH) — Jennifer Lynn Horton, 49, of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, after pleading ...

On the day of the shooting, they met for lunch with several other people near the courthouse, a Kentucky State Police detective said at a prior hearing.

Red areas show the Central Appalachian counties in which state and federal prisons are located. Five federal prisons have been built in the area since 1992. One is proposed for Letcher County, ...