EDDYVILLE, Ky. – Officials say Kentucky's only maximum security prison is on lockdown after inmates attacked eight workers. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb told media that 16 ...

The state has also hired the company on a one-year contract worth $14.8 million to provide nurses for all 12 of Kentucky's prisons. "I never saw this guy, never met him," Hiland said of Embry. "I ...

Three inmates attacked two corrections officers at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville on Wednesday morning. Posted 2018-02-21T18:56:14+00:00 - Updated 2018-02-21T18:52:07+00:00 ...

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Five inmates at the Kentucky State Penitentiary are suspected of orchestrating an attack that sent a corrections officer to the hospital, police said.

A correctional officer was taken to a hospital after what Kentucky State Police described as a “gang attack” by five inmates at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville.