FREDONIA, Ky. — Life was just fine for Tina Quarels at the Otter Creek women’s prison in eastern Kentucky – rules were relaxed, she didn’t have to work and the staff was familiar. “It ...

The state transferred 400 female inmates to Western Kentucky Correctional Complex in Fredonia and moved men into Otter Creek. Hawaii removed 168 female inmates in 2009, sending them to a prison in ...

The western Kentucky prison stands in stark contrast to Otter Creek, which sits on the side of a mountain, with no farming, limited recreational space and almost no views from the yard.

A Herald-Leader review of sexual-incident reports dating to 2006 showed that at least one alleged assault involving Otter Creek Correctional Center staff and a Kentucky inmate was not reported to ...

As Halloween nears, Gov. Matt Bevin has made a scary announcement. The private prison facility in Floyd County once known as Otter Creek is being reopened in response to overcrowding in county ...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections has officially reopened a prison in Floyd County that last held inmates in 2012. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the reopening on Friday of the former Otter ...

Kentucky's governor has ordered some 400 female inmates removed from a corporate-run prison after allegations of sexual misconduct by male guards.

Like Otter Creek, they are owned by the Nashville-based Corrections Corp. of America, one of the nation's two biggest private prison companies. Deitch said the Otter Creek situation was one of ...

As Kentucky’s prison population rises and county jails become overcrowded, ... Before the CCA-owned Otter Creek facility closed, there were reports of sexual abuse that occurred within its walls.

After a sex scandal at a privately run prison in rural Kentucky, the state cut off the institution's funding and now it's shutting down — and that worries town officials in an impoverished ...