Kentucky also has four regional jails, and three that do not house state prisoners. In 2020, those jails released many of their low-level offenders during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.

Maggie Copeland knew she needed help the day she walked into jail. The 29-year-old mother of a teenage boy told deputies she’d soon be suffering withdrawal from her heroin addiction. In the coming ...

On November 4, 2021, Terri Beth Mays, a 32-year-old inmate at the Whitley County Detention Center located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, died after being held at the facility for a period of eight days.

A corridor with multiple rooms housing several inmates within Laurel County Correctional Center in London, October 29, 2024. Marcus Dorsey [email protected] When Terri Beth Mays was arrested ...