By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has a few days left to act on bills from the ...

Governor Andy Beshear has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Thursday to honor a sergeant with the Department of Corrections who died while on duty.

Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday.

A request for comment sent to a Kentucky Department of Corrections spokesperson was not returned before publishing. In December, DOC Commissioner Cookie Crews told lawmakers the state was not ...

Morgan Hall, spokesperson for the Kentucky Department of Corrections, said state officials have worked with the company to “ensure services are not disrupted” during the bankruptcy proceedings.

OLDHAM COUNTY, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is honoring a fallen Oldham County corrections officer who died while on duty ...

A former Department of Juvenile Justice correctional officer in Western Kentucky is arrested following an investigation that ...

A bill in the Kentucky legislature would require the state's prisons to designate bathrooms, sleeping quarters and other ...

Kentucky’s Department of Corrections is tasked with ensuring jails across the state comply with minimum health and life safety standards. But those standards become murky when people arrive with ...

William and his wife, Donna Bradford, said they began advocating for Bradford's care by contacting his judge and the Kentucky Department of Corrections and days later, received the phone call that ...

A request for comment sent to a Kentucky Department of Corrections spokesperson was not returned before publishing. In December, DOC Commissioner Cookie Crews told lawmakers the state was not ...