Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex

Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
Coordinates	37°54′17″N 83°16′11″W / 37.90472°N 83.26972°W / 37.90472; -83.26972Coordinates: 37°54′17″N 83°16′11″W / 37.90472°N 83.26972°W / 37.90472; -83.26972
Security class	Medium-security
Population	1,689 (as of 2007)
Opened	February 1990
Warden	Gary Beckstrom
Street address	200 Road to Justice
City	West Liberty
County	Morgan
State	Kentucky
ZIP code	41472
Country	United States
Website	link

Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) is a minimum and medium-security prison located in West Liberty, Kentucky. It opened in February 1990 and had a prison population of 1,689 as of 2007.

In March 2016 the prison was preventing its inmates from receiving LGBT-related publications such as The Advocate and Out.^[1]

References

↑ "This KY Prison is Censoring LGBT Materials, Including The Advocate." The Advocate. March 23, 2016. Retrieved on March 23, 2016.

About EKCC at Kentucky Department of Corrections' website.

Kentucky Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Bell County Forestry Camp Blackburn Correctional Complex Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex Green River Correctional Complex Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women Kentucky State Penitentiary Kentucky State Reformatory Little Sandy Correctional Complex Luther Luckett Correctional Complex Northpoint Training Center Roederer Correctional Complex Western Kentucky Correctional Complex

Privately run prisons in-state	Lee Adjustment Center Marion Adjustment Center (closed) Otter Creek Correctional Center (closed)

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