Blackburn Correctional Complex

Blackburn Correctional Complex
Address
3111 Spurr Rd
Lexington, KY, 40511
USA
Information
Type Minimum security prison
Opened 1972
Authority Kentucky Department of Corrections
Warden Steve Haney
Staff 128
Enrollment 594 (2006)
Campus size 456 acres (185 ha)
Accreditation American Correctional Association
Budget $6,000,000
Website http://www.corrections.ky.gov/bcc/

Blackburn Correctional Complex is a minimum-security state prison located near Lexington, Kentucky. It opened in 1972 and had a prison population of 594 as of 2007.[1]

It is named for former Kentucky governor Luke P. Blackburn, who is known as the "father of prison reform in Kentucky."

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Coordinates: 38°06′40″N 84°32′11″W / 38.11111°N 84.53639°W / 38.11111; -84.53639

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