Blackburn Correctional Complex | |
Streetaddress: | 3111 Spurr Rd |
City: | Lexington, KY |
Zipcode: | 40511 |
Country: | United States |
Authority: | Kentucky Department of Corrections |
Head Label: | Warden |
Head: | Jesse Stack |
Staff: | 128 |
Type: | Minimum security prison |
Budget: | $6,000,000 |
Campus Size: | 456acres |
Accreditation: | American Correctional Association |
Opened: | 1972 |
Enrollment: | 594 |
Enrollment As Of: | 2006 |
Homepage: | https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/BCC/Pages/default.aspx |
Blackburn Correctional Complex (BCC) is a minimum-security state prison located near Lexington, Kentucky. It opened in 1972 and had a prison population of 594 as of 2007.[1]
It is named for former Kentucky governor Luke P. Blackburn, who is known as the "father of prison reform in Kentucky."