Search Kentucky State Penitentiary Records Online
Jail Name:
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Jail Type:
State Prison
State:
Kentucky
County:
LYON
City:
Eddyville
Source:
Wikipedia
Description:
The Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP), also known as the "castle on the Cumberland," is a maximum security and supermax prison with capacity for 856 prisoners located in Eddyville, Kentucky on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) from downtown Eddyville.[1] It is managed by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Completed in 1886, it is Kentucky's oldest prison facility and the only commonwealth-owned facility with supermax units. The penitentiary houses Kentucky's male death row inmates and the commonwealth's execution facility. As of 2015 it had approximately 350 staff members and an annual operating budget of 20 million dollars.[2] In most cases, inmates are not sent directly to the penitentiary after sentencing, but are sent there because of violent or disruptive behavior committed in other less secure correctional facilities in the commonwealth.
Opened:
1889
Security Class:
Maximum
Address:
266 Water Street
Zip Code:
42038
Location:
266 Water St PO Box 5128, Eddyville, KY 42038
Employees:
348
Email:
CommonwealthServiceDesk@ky.gov
Phone 1:
270-388-2211
Fax 1:
270-388-5529
Imate Gender:
Male Offenders
Population:
856
Judicial District:
Eddyville, KY
266 Water Street, 42038, Eddyville, Kentucky
Visiting Thursday:
Special Security Unit (Death Row): 7:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Visiting Friday:
Protective Custody: 7:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Visiting Saturday:
General Population and Outside Detail: 7:30 AM - 1:45 PM (except 1st and 3rd Saturdays) Protective Custody: 7:30 AM - 1:45 PM (1st Saturday of each month) Special Security Unit (Death Row): 7:30 AM - 1:45 PM (3rd Saturday of each month)
Visiting Sunday:
General Population and Outside Detail: 7:30 AM - 1:45 PM
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