Status open Phone +1 502-241-8454 Opened 1938 | Security class mixed Capacity 721 | |
Location 3000 Ash Avenue
Pewee Valley, Kentucky Managed by Kentucky Department of Corrections Address 2460 Ash Ave, Pewee Valley, KY 40056, USA Similar Pewee Valley City Hall, Oldham County Jail, Louisville Metro Departme, Shelby County Detention, Kentucky Correctio Psychiatri | ||
Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women (KCIW) is a prison located in unincorporated Shelby County, Kentucky, near Pewee Valley, Kentucky, operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
Until the 2010 conversion of the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex into a women's prison, KCIW was the only state owned and operated women's prison in Kentucky. The prison continues to house all levels of inmates including all female death row inmates. It opened in 1938 and had a prison population of 721 as of 2007.
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Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA