So Herald-Leader reporter Taylor Six launched a six-month investigation to answer some of those questions. Throughout her ...

The Herald-Leader analyzed 5 years of KY Department of Corrections death logs, lawsuits, autopsy reports and death ...

Two Kentucky bills are part of a national trend targeting transgender inmates, who make up a small percentage of incarcerated citizens.

GOP lawmakers said they intended to make such legislation a priority ahead of the 2025 General Assembly, after the Kentucky Department of Corrections included a proposal to expand services for ...

Kentucky Senate Bill 2, filed by Republican Sen. Mike Wilson, aims to prevent the Department of Corrections from funding gender transition care for inmates. While Kentucky's Attorney General ...

For those inmates, the current recidivism rate is 30.81%, which is 1.6% lower than the prior year. Kentucky defines recidivism as re-incarceration within 24 months of release from custody. In 2020, ...

Kentucky Senate Bill 2, filed by Republican Sen. Mike Wilson, aims to prevent the Department of Corrections from funding gender transition care for inmates. While Kentucky's Attorney General ...

A Kentucky lawmaker has filed a bill that would require correctional facilities to designate bathrooms, sleeping quarters and ...

In December, the Kentucky Department of Corrections included a proposal to expand services for transgender inmates in a document outlining potential changes to department protocol. Among those ...