Green River Correctional Complex Explained
| Prison Name: | Green River Correctional Complex |
| Status: | open |
| Classification: | minimum/medium |
| Capacity: | 982 |
| Opened: | 1994 |
Green River Correctional Complex is a state prison located in Central City, Kentucky. It opened in 1994 and had a prison population of 982 as of 2007.
It is a medium security adult male correctional facility and it is operated by the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Corrections. The prison is on 250acres they have a staff of 254, the annual cost to house the inmates is $11,710.79.
Facility
The complex has three medium security general population housing units that have 444 double bunk cells, one maximum security segregation unit that has 44 single bunked cells and a fifty-bed open dorm style minimum security unit.
Staff
Timothy Lane is the current Warden.[1] The facility has two Deputy Wardens, Byron Masden and Stacey Gibson.[2] [3]
Programs
The Green River Correctional Complex has several programs that the inmates are able to participate in; they are also given educational opportunities.
- Alcohol and Narcotics Anonymous: A program for both men and women who suffer from alcohol and drug abuse
- Anger Management: This is a twelve-week class that is based on the book "Houses of Healing: A Prisoner's Guide to Inner Power and Freedom"
- Victims Awareness: A six-week program that helps the inmate understand the victim's pain
- Family Reunification: A six-week program that uses videos and homework to help inmates who are leaving prison transition back into family life.
- Life Skills: A thirty-two-hour course that explores basic skills to live in society
- Life without a crutch: This is a drug education program based on the book "Life Without a Crutch"
- Pathfinders: This is a fifteen-week intensive pre-release class that is held three hours for five days a week.
- Practical Parenting: This is a forty-eight-hour class that deals with the importance of the father being present in his children's lives.
- Prison to the streets: This is an extensive forty hour transition/re-entry program
- Success after prison: A ten-hour pre-release course that tells what the expectations are, responsibility, and how to stay out of prison
References
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Green River Correctional Complex . 23 October 2022.
- Web site: Deputy Warden Byron Masden . 23 October 2022.
- Web site: Deputy Warden Stacey Gibson . 23 October 2022.
