South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

An inmate at the Fayette County Detention Center was found dead in her cell on Saturday morning, according to a release from ...

House Bill 87 passed the House floor Friday. It's aimed at making it easier for those with a criminal record to get a job.

State law dictates that people in Kentucky jails are entitled to the same health care they would receive while outside jail.

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

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

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

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service More than 153,000 Kentuckians are still being denied the right to vote because of a past felony conviction, according to recent data from the League of Women ...

A Roodhouse man on parole for a 2019 conviction faces new charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor.

Republicans in Frankfort have filed dozens of health-related bills this legislative session, ranging from curbing gender-affirming health care to blocking COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

More than 153,000 Kentuckians are still being denied the right to vote because of a past felony conviction, according to ...

Scheffler's arrest made international headlines in 2024 and put LMPD under a harsh spotlight in the weeks that followed.