Roederer Correctional Complex

Mission:

To protect the citizens of the Commonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out the mandates of the legislative and judicial processes; and, to provide opportunities for offenders to acquire skills which facilitate non-criminal behavior.

 Roederer Correctional Complex 

Mission

Roederer Correctional Complex has three (3) distinct purposes:

  • The Assessment and Classification Center processes all incoming male felons with the exception of those sentenced to death row. In excess of 7,000 are processed by this institution per year. The Assessment Center is also responsible for all sentence calculations of felons in Controlled Intake (currently 1,600) and for classifying felons for the Class D Program (approximately 4,000 per year).
  • Roederer Correctional Complex permanent inmates provide support services for the institution including one hundred (100) inmates who work in the Maintenance Department, Kitchen, Laundry, Legal Office, Grievance Office, etc. Seventy- two (72) minimum custody inmates help maintain the 3,000 acre farm. The permanent inmate population at this institution totals 172 at full capacity.
  • The Substance Abuse Treatment program is a 200-bed intensive in-patient treatment unit. Treatment is provided to a mixed population of incarcerated felons and offenders on parole supervision. Treatment is facilitated through inmate elders (former program graduates), treatment staff, security staff, community mentors and volunteers. Clients are prepared for transition into the community.

 

Roederer Correctional Complex
P. O. Box 69
LaGrange, Kentucky 40031
(Oldham County)

Warden: James Sweatt
Secretary: Amanda Dees
Phone:  (502) 222-0170/222-0173
Fax:  (502) 225-0084

 

Latest News

January 20, 2012: Andrea Collins Promoted to District 20 Assistant Supervisor in Division of Probation & Parole
Kentucky Department of Corrections Director of Probation & Parole Tim Carman today announced the promotion of Andrea Collins to assistant supervisor of District 20 in Somerset. District 20 has two field offices in Monticello and Williamsburg and covers eight counties including Clinton, Lincoln, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne and Whitley. Collins will assume her new duties Feb. 1.
January 20, 2012: Heather Meredith Promoted to District 5 Assistant Supervisor in Division of Probation & Parole
Kentucky Department of Corrections Director of Probation & Parole Tim Carman today announced the promotion of Heather Meredith to assistant supervisor of District 5 in Elizabethtown. District 5 has two field offices in Shepherdsville and Leitchfield and covers six counties including Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart and Meade. Meredith will assume her new duties Feb. 1.
January 18, 2012: Kerry Mears Promoted to District 19 Assistant Supervisor in Division of Probation & Parole
Kentucky Department of Corrections Director of Probation & Parole Tim Carman today announced the promotion of Kerry Mears to assistant supervisor of District 19 in Louisville. District 19 is one of four supervision districts in Jefferson County. Mears assumed her new duties Jan. 16.