The family of a murdered 8-year-old girl has waited nearly 50 years to see death-sentenced inmate Virgil Presnell Jr. be ...

Parental incarceration can lead to poor mental and physical health outcomes and increase a child’s chances of criminal ...

Edgewater PD: Department of Corrections employee tries to set house on fire, attacks family Starmer backs Zelensky after ...

Rep. Jared Bauman said the information can help the state better understand how to stop repeat offenders from going back to ...

The Kentucky Senate has passed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), a priority piece of legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Mike ...

Democratic opponents on Tuesday called the bill “unconstitutional,” the result of “witch hunt” and “fear-mongering” against ...

A bill barring cross-sex hormone therapy or surgery for transgender inmates sparked lengthy and fervent debate on the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Corrections officers at Elmira and Collins Correctional Facilities started a strike on Monday morning in protest of working conditions. The strike—which halted normal ...

A woman has been arrested and charged in what police are calling a "major cocaine trafficking" investigation in Jeffersontown ...

The Courier Journal gathered internal policies that govern some Jefferson County law enforcement agencies' interactions with ...

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...