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State law dictates that people in Kentucky jails are entitled to the same health care they would receive while outside jail.

A Kentucky inmate wrote threatening letters to judges in hopes of a federal sentence due to state prison living conditions, but it won't be served until 2039.

So Herald-Leader reporter Taylor Six launched a six-month investigation to answer some of those questions. Throughout her ...

Two Kentucky bills are part of a national trend targeting transgender inmates, who make up a small percentage of incarcerated citizens.

By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service More than 153,000 Kentuckians are still being denied the right to vote because of a past felony conviction, according to recent data from the League of Women ...

A Roodhouse man on parole for a 2019 conviction faces new charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor.

Republicans in Frankfort have filed dozens of health-related bills this legislative session, ranging from curbing gender-affirming health care to blocking COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

More than 153,000 Kentuckians are still being denied the right to vote because of a past felony conviction, according to ...

Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robb Pitts called Kenney's appointment “an important step forward” in ...

Discrimination lawsuits and other complaints involving transgender people have cost Georgia taxpayers at least $4.1 million since 2015, an AJC analysis shows.

Authorities have released the name of a 28-year-old man who was found dead in the early hours of Saturday morning following ...