Opinion

The FreeHer Institute at The National Council Releases Inaugural Report on Women's Incarceration

The FreeHer Institute, a research and policy division of The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, is proud to announce the release of Work to Be Done: Women's ...
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Kentucky legislators want to build the state's first vocational prison campus to help inmates gain job skills

Kentucky lawmakers announced plans Wednesday to expand prison education programs that have helped drive down the state's ...

‘A whole new outlook on life’: These KY groups help people not return to prison

Family reunification, violence prevention and workforce development have kept formerly incarcerated Kentuckians out of ...
WLKY

Federal judge denies request to block Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care in prisons

SUCCESSOR, BUT NO TIMELINE HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THE FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED AGAINST A KENTUCKY INMATE’S REQUEST TO HALT ENFORCEMENT OF A STATE LAW THAT BANS USING TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR HORMONE ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Woman sues Kentucky for contracting with now-bankrupt prison health care provider

A Kentucky woman has a second lawsuit in the 2021 death of her brother at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in 2021. John Cheves [email protected] The sister of a man who died in a ...