HB5, the “Safer Kentucky Act,” is emotion-based legislation, rather than the evidence-based legislation Kentucky deserves. Legislators and research organizations who…
By R.G. Dunlop Louisville Public Media Across the country, few people have been on death row longer than Karu Gene…
The Kentucky Chamber Foundation on Monday announced the fourth graduating class of its “Fair Chance Academy,” an ongoing initiative to…
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist If the ultimate goal of incarceration for one who commits a crime is personal restoration…
The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) is currently hiring correctional officers to help fill 1,038 full- and part-time positions available…
Kentucky is suffering a crisis of mass incarceration and family separation. We have the third-highest rate of children with an…
Facilities operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) and Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) will resume allowing in-person visitation…
Gov. Matt Bevin joined the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Personnel Cabinet to announce plans to operate a new…
Gov. Matt Bevin has announced a new statewide public awareness effort to continue the Commonwealth’s historic momentum in combating the…
Kentucky’s targeted approach to protecting its citizens from drug overdose deaths has resulted in the first decline since 2013. There…
Kentucky Justice Secretary John Tilley announced Friday that Kathleen Kenney will serve as interim commissioner for the state Department of…
Severe storms ripped through the state Wednesday causing damage to seven of Kentucky’s 12 state prisons. Torrential rain and wind…
A gift of teddy bears is helping to make winter a bit warmer for some children in need. The Kentucky…
