MISSION

To operate a safe and secure male minimum-security institution.  This includes providing care, housing, custody, and control.  Program emphasis is directed at returning inmates to the community based upon his demonstrated conduct and performance.  Inmates are encouraged to help themselves by participating in opportunities available to facilitate return to the community as a responsible citizen.

Bell County Forestry Camp
Rt. 2 Box 75
Pineville, Kentucky 40977
  Warden: Ron Howard
Secretary:  Nina Mayes

Phone: (606) 337-7065
    Fax: (606) 337-1312

• Prisons Receive Perfect Scores in National Re-Accreditation Audits
  Monday, July 28, 2008
  Frankfort, Ky. (July 25, 2008) – Blackburn Correctional Complex (BCC) and Frankfort Career and Development Center (FCDC) received perfect scores during their re-accreditation process this week with the American Correctional Association (ACA). Both prisons received a score of 100% on non-mandatory and mandatory standards.
• Robert Howerton Promoted to Warden at Blackburn Correctional Complex
  Monday, July 07, 2008
  Frankfort, Ky. (July 3, 2008) – Kentucky Department of Corrections Deputy Commissioner Al Parke today announced the promotion of Robert Howerton to warden of Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington. He begins his new job on July 16.
• Larry Chandler to Retire as Warden of KSR; J. David Donahue Will Return to Kentucky
  Tuesday, June 24, 2008
  Frankfort, Ky. (June 24, 2008) – Larry Chandler’s name has become synonymous with Kentucky Corrections. Twenty-six years ago he walked through the doors of the Kentucky State Reformatory and went to work as a correctional officer. At the end of August when he retires as warden of KSR, he will walk out those same doors leaving his mark on not only that prison, but the entire state correctional system.