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The head of Kentucky’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and two Republican state lawmakers say the legislature needs to make changes to the state’s…
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Dozens of Kentucky inmates are being released this week after a state statute was declared unconstitutional. The statute required some inmates to receive…
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Kentucky’s top corrections official says staying out of prison could be as easy as having a job for some former inmates.The state is developing a…
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The chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court says there’s a growing movement across the nation to reform the pre-trial justice system. John Minton, Jr.…
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A recent study shows Kentucky is one of just eight states that is holding more people in local jails than in state prisons. The problem is largely driven…
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Kentucky’s joining a national effort to reduce the number of people held in jail during pretrial. In Kentucky, counties pay the cost of housing inmates…
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Kentucky’s Labor Secretary said the state has one of the lowest labor force participation rates in the nation. Derrick Ramsey said an estimated 200,000…
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Kentucky’s new Department of Corrections commissioner says one of his top priorities is reducing recidivism.Jim Erwin said 34 of Kentucky’s jails and…
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Several inmates from the Simpson County Detention Center now have jobs at private companies under a new program called SCORE. Three men and two women are…
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Local groups are coming together to oppose a pending “anti-gang” bill and they are urging state lawmakers to kill the measure before the legislative…