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Brooks Houck transferred to prison in Muhlenberg County
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Brooks Houck transferred to prison in Muhlenberg County

  • WDRB Digital Staff
  • Updated Jan 29, 2026

Houck was transferred from the Roederer Correctional Complex in Oldham County.

Brooks Houck transferred to prison in Oldham County
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Brooks Houck transferred to prison in Oldham County

  • WDRB Digital Staff
  • Updated Dec 30, 2025

Houck was being housed at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Johnson County after being transferred from the Oldham County Detention Center in November.

Local attorney arrested for allegedly giving inmate documents soaked in synthetic drugs
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Local attorney arrested for allegedly giving inmate documents soaked in synthetic drugs

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Oct 27, 2023

Ashlea Hellmann, a defense attorney and former public defender in Louisville, was charged with felony trafficking in synthetic drugs and promoting contraband.

Prison contract employee at La Grange jail charged with sodomy
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Prison contract employee at La Grange jail charged with sodomy

  • Updated Jul 1, 2022

KSP says both of them admitted to the illegal sexual contact.

COVID-19 outbreaks at 2 Kentucky prisons lead to hundreds of new cases
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COVID-19 outbreaks at 2 Kentucky prisons lead to hundreds of new cases

  • Grace Hayba
  • Updated Jan 13, 2021

Gov. Andy Beshear commuted the sentences of nearly 2,000 people to reduce the prison population due to the way the virus spreads. Still, state reports show 39 people have died in Kentucky prisons from COVID-19.

Investigation accuses Kentucky prison supervisors of ignoring years of sexual assault and harassment
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Investigation accuses Kentucky prison supervisors of ignoring years of sexual assault and harassment

  • Updated Apr 9, 2019
  • 6 min to read

The state’s former corrections leader, who was let go in February, claims the probe wasn’t thorough and refused to fire two supervisors accused of abuse.

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