Green River Correctional Complex

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's a maximum security adult male correctional facility and it is operated by the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Corrections. The prison is on 250 acres (1.0 km²) they have a staff of 254, the annual cost to house the inmates is $11,710.79.

The inmates can receive mail and it will be opened and checked for anything that the inmate is not allowed to have. The inmates are also allowed to receive money through a money order but they can only have five money orders per month. They can only have a maximum of $200 deposited at a time unless it is from an immediate family member.

Facility

• Three medium security general population housing units that has 444 double bunk cells
• One maximum security segregation unit that has 44 single bunked cells
• Fifty bed open dorm style minimum security unit

Staff

• Warden
  • Alan Brown
    • Became Warden in 2012
• Deputy Wardens
  • Ronald Beck
    • Appointed to Deputy Warden III in 2005
  • David Higgs
    • Appointed to Deputy Warden III in 2014

The Green River Correctional Complex has several programs that the inmates are able to participate in; they are also given educational opportunities.

Programs

• 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

Visitation

This link provides all the information for visiting inmates

• Visiting Information

Resources

All information was found at the Kentucky Department of Corrections Green River Correctional Complex web site

• Green River Correctional Complex

References

• History and Overview