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'VOLUMN IV

 

 

JUNE,1976

 

 

. EDDYVILLE— A full time
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. jsmith named Deputy Secretary
of Justice; Ken Brandenburgh

a’ full-time superintendent
Could be found. '

At the pemtenhary on June
'17 Smith told the 60 newsmen
”on the Eddyville-leg of the
1976 PriSon Press Tour that
the. management team; leading
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'mviewing applications for the
superintendent’ 3 job.
" '3‘! The management team is
also reviewing applications for.
corrections .- commissioner,
7 LWhom “Smith saidlheslbelieves
1' fink-ill, be hired within. four
months.» He said applicants
. included: .bbth.Kentucky and
out-of-state corrections people
The acting commissioner
' went On to say that the
management team members,
made up of, seven criminal
1 Justice professmnals, will retain,
j the1r Current status until a new

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"hired “and maybe even

  

.‘bureau s plans to. open the first

 
  

      

Bellevue,

, for the,
I‘Kentuck. .“State' Penitentiary,
‘w' be hired wrthm 60 days

 

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relieved Pen1tent1ary Super. "
Henry Cowan of his duties.

temporary supermtendent until .

Bureau of Corrections, is now 7

(c’orrccuons commissmner is?

' nummum security currectional.

, . Bdone' .
' the mstitutron will

criminally sophisticated
women’ "with a gradual
transfer of the women from

the Kentucky Correctional .
‘ Institution for
, . ‘PeWee Valley beginning by.
mid to- late summer. '

Women near

LLThewfacﬂrty will. ease

in his efforts to make

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~‘Kentucky corrections a

progressive and innovative

system responsible for the

needs of those entrusted to our
care and responsive to society
at large.”

“Separating these first
offender, young and less
cri min ally sophisticated
women from the morecriminal

ml 11” said the op ning of ' j
the facility 1s an irnportant step

‘ I _; , Justice Secretary Announces New Womens Institution

Commissioner To Be Named By
Fall KSP Supermtendent Soon

wo’men will advance
rehabilitative efforts for them
to a very constructive and

‘ werkable level,” he said. “This
minority'of our total inmate . ‘
population has far too often

been forgotten in corrections

before. The establishment of
_ - this‘facility will go'a- longway ,
toward meeting 'l‘their' Special - -' »'

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“fine p ysical shape, ’and only.
min-or renovations are
necessary before the women

begin moving in. '

Locking toward the future,

‘Smith said several more

innovations will be taking
shape in corrections soon, but
said the ,most- important

accomplishment so farvhas
been the implementation of a

philosophy of responsibility
and accountability inthe
Bureau of Corrections.

 

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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS was what this penitentiary readent did
as 3 Lexington TV crew records the interview on ﬁlm. (A full

Prison Press Tour story and photographs on pages 6 and 7.)

Regional Jail Program Being Considered

FRANKFORT——As a

, temporary step to alleviate the

overcrowded conditions in
Kentucky correctional
institutions, the state Bureau

-of Corrections is currently

looking into the possibilities of
ho using some minimum

. securityinmates in several local

jails.
Joe L. Barbee, executive

assistant to the corrections

commissioner, .sai’d. seven

ﬁcounties have beenapproached
. with the, temporary housing
but, so far, the: ’

approval,
bureau ‘has‘ received no
response. He said the counties

_ initially contacted were Barren,

Christian, Boyle, Henderson,
Bourbon, Bell and Kenton. f

He said those counties were
contacted because they have
adequate facilities which are
not totally filled. He said the

seven. jails he contacted would

have a combined potentialof
,housing up to 98 state inmates

temporarily.

The regional jail program
now under consideration
would help relieve the
overcrowded conditions at the
State Penitentiary near
E'ddyvill'e, the State
Reformatory near LaGrange,
the Blackburn Correctional

Complex near Lexington and -

the Frenchburg Correctional
Facility» in Menifee County.

Barbee said Kentucky’s
correctional institutions have
been plagued by overcrowding
for many years.-
overcrowded conditions, he
said, have caused various
discipline problems, a
breakdown in the delivery of
treatment services for many
inmates and» inadequate

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rehabilitative services and
facilities in the institutions.

Barbee said the bureau is
stressing that this is a
temporary program until
permanent facilities can be
secured.

Justice Secretary John L.
Smith said the men who would
be considered for placement in
the regional jail program would
be men nearing the end of their
sentences, those who had been
paroled awaiting completion of
paper-work, and young, first
0 ffe—nder, less criminally
sophisticated inmates.

Barbee said the seven local
facilities have not turned_in
definite responses to the
bureau on their interest in the
program, and if they are not
interested, additional counties
will be contacted. He said that
depending on the responses

from the seven counties, the
implementation of the regional
jail program is at least six
months off.

He said new jail facilities in
Fayette and Jefferson counties
were not included inthe initial
inquiries because'studies show
they may soon be ﬁlled.

Barbee stressed, that the
bureau is dealing with local
officials in determining. the
acceptability of the regional
jail program in the
communities. He said if the
community does not want'to
participate in the program, no
effort will be made to move
any state prisoners into the
facility.

Barbee said he has heard-
preliminary favorable
comments on the program
from some of the counties, but'
emphasized implementation is
still a long way off.