Little Sandy Correctional Complex

Little Sandy Correctional Complex
Location	505 Prison Connector Sandy Hook, Kentucky
Status	open
Security class	mixed
Capacity	1014
Opened	2005
Managed by	Kentucky Department of Corrections

Little Sandy Correctional Complex is a minimum and medium-security prison located in Elliott County, near Sandy Hook, Kentucky. The facility is operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. The prison is the most recently constructed state prison in Kentucky, having opened in 2005. The facility had a prison population of 1014 as of 2013.

Notable inmates

Steve Nunn - Former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and son of the late Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn. Convicted of aggravated murder in the death of his ex-fiancée. Sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Transferred to the Northpoint Training Center in Burgin in 2014.

References

History and Overview

Coordinates: 38°08′02″N 83°04′51″W / 38.13389°N 83.08083°W / 38.13389; -83.08083

Kentucky Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Bell County Forestry Camp Blackburn Correctional Complex Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex Green River Correctional Complex Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women Kentucky State Penitentiary Kentucky State Reformatory Little Sandy Correctional Complex Luther Luckett Correctional Complex Northpoint Training Center Roederer Correctional Complex Ross-Cash Center Western Kentucky Correctional Complex

Privately run prisons in-state	Lee Adjustment Center (vacant) Marion Adjustment Center (closed) Otter Creek Correctional Center (closed)

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