Little Sandy Correctional Complex

Little Sandy Correctional Complex is a minimum and medium-security prison located in Elliott County, near Sandy Hook, Kentucky. The facility is operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. The prison is the newest state prison in Kentucky, having opened in 2005. The facility had a prison population of 1014 as of 2013.

Notable inmates

• Steve Nunn - Former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and son of the late Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn. Convicted of aggravated murder in the death of his ex-fiancée. Sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Transferred to the Northpoint Training Center in Burgin in 2014.

References

• History and Overview

Coordinates: 38°08′02″N 83°04′51″W / 38.13389°N 83.08083°W / 38.13389; -83.08083

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)