Mission

To operate an adult male medium/minimum security institution for convicted felons providing care, custody, and control in a safe and secure environment. The thrust of the institution is two-fold:  1.  the operation of a receiving and classification center; and, 2.  the preparation and reintegration of inmates into the community through structured work, educational, spiritual and self-help programming.

P. O. Box 69
LaGrange, Kentucky 40031
Warden:  James Sweatt
Secretary:  Criettia Foree

Phone:  (502) 222-0170/222/0173
Fax:  (502) 222-9746

• 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.
• Tom Cannady Named Director of Correctional Industries
  Tuesday, June 17, 2008
  Frankfort, Ky. (June 17, 2008) – Kentucky Department of Corrections Deputy Commissioner Al Parke today announced the hiring of Tom Cannady as director of Kentucky Correctional Industries.