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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