WINCHESTER (AP) - Even with a father in and out of jail, Olivia Minniear has been laughing a lot this year.
She's gone horseback riding, hiking and out to eat. She's invested more into her religious life, and the 12-year-old has found a new friend to confide in.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - More than 260 inmates at the Tennessee Prison for Women will participate in a 5K walk Saturday to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. The inmates, along with prison staff and volunteers, will walk the prison track just outside Nashville. It will coincide with... more »
Police in Scott County say that inmates doing road work cleanup Thursday morning prevented a teen from hanging himself from a bridge. The incident happened along Highway 25. Police say the inmates saw the teen trying to hang himself from a private bridge. The inmates pulled the teen from under... more »
LOUISVILLE (AP) - Gerald Otahal arrived at death row early on a recent Thursday morning, ready for his regular visit to counsel and pray with condemned inmate Gregory Wilson. What happened next left Otahal puzzled - guards turned him away at the door with instructions to go home as the... more »
RICHMOND (AP) - A recycling center in Richmond is helping inmates prepare for life after prison. The Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corp. is a nonprofit organization established about 20 years ago to help cities and counties in the area develop recycling programs. According to The Lexington Herald-Leader, it has used inmate... more »
LOUISVILLE (AP) - Kentucky has pulled out of a privately run prison in the eastern part of the state because of what state officials describe as budget concerns, leaving only out-of-state inmates at the facility. The last Kentucky inmates at the Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville left the facility June... more »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky has executed rarely since the reinstatement of the death penalty three decades ago, but a half-dozen inmates could exhaust their appeals by the end of the year. The state is on the verge of re-enacting the process that uses a three-drug cocktail to execute inmates,... more »
A fire forced inmates at the Powell County jail outside early Friday. It happened just before 1:30 a.m. We're told the inmates had been using rags and cleaning chemicals earlier in the day. Officials said the inmates threw the rags in a laundry basket and the basket ignited. Inmates at... more »
