Mission

It is the mission of The Little Sandy Correctional Complex to protect society by confining offenders in a controlled environment that is safe, humane and secure. Also to provide self improvement opportunities that assist inmates in becoming productive citizens through education, correctional programs and work.

Route 5, Box 1000
Sandy Hook, Kentucky 41171
Warden: Joseph P. Meko
Secretary: Teresia Elliott

Phone: (606) 738-6133
Fax : (606) 738-6143

• 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.
• Connie Malone, Brenn Combs Named to Key Posts
  Tuesday, June 17, 2008
  Frankfort, Ky. (May 27, 2008) – Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown today announced two key appointments within the cabinet’s Office of Legal Services.