Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women

Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women (KCIW) is a prison located in unincorporated Shelby County, Kentucky, near Pewee Valley, Kentucky, operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.^[1]

Until the 2010 conversion of the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex into a women's prison, KCIW was the only state owned and operated women's prison in Kentucky. The prison continues to house all levels of inmates including all female death row inmates. It opened in 1938 and had a prison population of 721 as of 2007.

References

External links

• Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women
• History and Overview

Coordinates: 38°17′09″N 85°27′26″W / 38.28583°N 85.45722°W / 38.28583; -85.45722

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)