KY woman fights to get in prison to visit husband

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A central Kentucky woman is suing the state to get into prison.

Leslie Young of Lexington claims prison wardens around Kentucky have barred her from visiting her husband, 39-year-old Gerald Young, but won't give a valid reason why visitations were cut off on Dec. 1, 2010. Young received a letter from one prison warden saying she was banned from visitation at all state prisons.

Kentucky Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb declined to comment on Young's allegations, but said the prisons are generally in compliance with visitation rules.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Hood took a request under advisement by Young to amend her suit, initially filed suit federal court in Lexington in May.

Gerald Young is serving life in prison for complicity to commit murder in 1997.