MISSION

To promote safety for the citizens of the Commonwealth by operating an efficient, adult male, medium-security institution. Our main purpose is to provide a safe, secure, humane environment for its residents and to prepare incarcerated felons for a successful reintegration into society through the use of constructive classification, education, employment training programs and treatment services, and social programs.

P.O. Box 479, Hwy 33
Burgin, Kentucky 40310
Warden: Steve Haney
Secretary: Charlotte Russell

Phone: (859) 239-7012
Fax: (859) 239-7560

• 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.