A former Kentucky State Police trooper has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to assault and terroristic threatening.

Kentucky’s recidivism rate has reportedly declined for the second consecutive year. That’s according to Gov. Andy Beshear on ...

On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Kentucky's recidivism rate has declined for the second year in a row, with nearly 70 ...

But since Aug. 31, one Kentucky facility — the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty — has reached half that total, with three homicides in a span of just over four months.

A series of homicides at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex prompted Louisville reporter Josh Wood to start asking ...

Gov. Beshear announced that recidivism rates, which measure how many people released from prison return within two years, have declined for two years in a row.

Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Monday that action by his Special Prosecutions Unit resulted in a prison sentence ...

Sen. Keturah J. Herron, a Democrat out of Louisville, has introduced a three-part legislative package. It addresses deaths that occur in Kentucky’s jails and prisons, during the arrest process, and in ...

Legislation heard in the House Judiciary committee on Wednesday would expand prison education and workforce training through a partnership between the Kentucky Community and ...