Blackburn Correctional Complex
Appearance
Blackburn Correctional Complex | |
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Address | |
3111 Spurr Rd 40511 United States | |
Information | |
Type | Minimum security prison |
Opened | 1972 |
Authority | Kentucky Department of Corrections |
Warden | Jesse Stack |
Staff | 128 |
Enrollment | 594 (2006) |
Campus size | 456 acres (185 ha) |
Accreditation | American Correctional Association |
Budget | $6,000,000 |
Website | https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/BCC/Pages/default.aspx |
Blackburn Correctional Complex (BCC) is a minimum-security state prison located near Lexington, Kentucky. It opened in 1972 and had a prison population of 594 as of 2007.[1]
It is named for former Kentucky governor Luke P. Blackburn, who is known as the "father of prison reform in Kentucky."
References
[edit]- ^ "Kentucky Department of Corrections - About BCC". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
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