Green River Correctional Complex

{{short description|State prison located in Central City, Kentucky}}

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Green River Correctional Complex (GRCC) 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 minimum to medium security adult male correctional facility and it is operated by the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Corrections with accreditation by the American Correctional Association. The prison is on {{convert|250|acre|km2}} they have a staff of 254, the annual cost to house the inmates is $19,518.99 with a daily cost of $53.48 per inmate and an annual operating budget of $23.9 Million. Of the inmates, 66% are identified as white and 33% are identified as black with the remaining 1% being made of other races.{{Cite web |title=Green River Correctional Complex - Department of Corrections |url=https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/GRCC/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=corrections.ky.gov}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Green River Correctional Complex - Department of Corrections |url=https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/GRCC/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=corrections.ky.gov}}

Staff

Timothy Lane is the current Warden.{{cite web |title=Green River Correctional Complex |url=https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/GRCC/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=23 October 2022}} The facility has two Deputy Wardens, Byron Masden and Stacey Gibson.{{cite web |title=Deputy Warden Byron Masden |url=https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/GRCC/Pages/dwkessinger.aspx |access-date=23 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=Deputy Warden Stacey Gibson |url=https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/GRCC/Pages/dwgibson.aspx |access-date=23 October 2022}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Inmate Programs - Department of Corrections |url=https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/GRCC/Pages/inmateprograms.aspx |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=corrections.ky.gov}}

References

[http://www.corrections.ky.gov/grcc/about/ History and Overview]

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218121934/http://www.corrections.ky.gov/GRCC/ Green River Correctional Complex Website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090330200541/http://www.corrections.ky.gov/grcc/visit/ Visiting Information]

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Category:Prisons in Kentucky

Category:Buildings and structures in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Category:1994 establishments in Kentucky

Category:Central City, Kentucky