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More than two years in the making, Prison State takes an intimate look at the cycle of incarceration in America, and one state’s effort to reverse the trend. Topics. Criminal Justice. Transcript....
The Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP), also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland," is a maximum security and supermax prison with capacity for 856 prisoners located in Eddyville, Kentucky on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) from downtown Eddyville. [1] . It is managed by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
It is a medium security facility under the administration of the Kentucky Justice Cabinet, Department of Corrections with a 1051 bed capacity. The Kentucky State Reformatory was the third prison built in the Commonwealth of Kentucky following the establishment of a penal system by Kentucky's Legislature in 1798.
Facilities. Adult Institutions. The Division of Adult Institutions oversees 14 correctional facilities that house Kentucky's adult inmate population. Local Facilities. The Division of Local Facilities is charged with overseeing community-based residential programs for inmates and enforcement of minimum jail standards. Reentry Service Centers.
Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women (KCIW) is a prison located in unincorporated Shelby County, Kentucky, near Pewee Valley, Kentucky, operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. [1] .
In Locked Up in America, a series of intimate, probing films, FRONTLINE goes to the epicenter of the raging debate about incarceration in America, focusing on the controversial practice of solitary...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories: United States penitentiaries. Federal correctional institutions. Private correctional institutions. Federal prison camps. Administrative facilities. Federal correctional complexes [1] Former Federal facilities.
