Little Sandy Correctional Complex is a minimum and medium/maximum-security prison located in

Elliott County Elliott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Sandy Hook. The county was formed in 1869 from parts of Morgan, Lawrence, and Carter counties, and is named for John Lyle Elliott, U.S. Congressman, Conf ...

, near

Sandy Hook, Kentucky Sandy Hook is a home rule-class city beside the Little Sandy River in Elliott County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 675 at the 2010 census. Sandy Hook is the county seat of Elliott County, which is a dry county. It is ill ...

. 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.

History

Funds for a new prison was allocated in 1998 under Governor Paul E. Patton to expand jobs and relieve the overcrowding of Kentucky's prisons. December 2, 2001 Gov. Patton, and other public officials broke ground for an 895 bed medium security in Elliott County, Kentucky, on Kentucky 7 about five miles from Sandy Hook.Messenger Inquirer, Owensboro, KY 2 Dec 2001 p22 Governor will break ground for new prison in Elliott County.

Notable inmates

Steve Nunn Stephen Roberts Nunn (born November 4, 1952) is an American convicted murderer and former politician who served as the Deputy Secretary of Health and Family Services for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1990 to 2006, he was a Republican membe ...

- Former member of the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form ...

and son of the late Kentucky Governor

Louie B. Nunn Louie Broady Nunn (March 8, 1924 – January 29, 2004) was an American politician who served as the 52nd governor of Kentucky. Elected in 1967, he was the only Republican to hold the office between the end of Simeon Willis's term in 1947 and t ...

. Convicted of aggravated murder in the death of his ex-fiancée. Sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

References

{{State prisons in Kentucky Buildings and structures in Elliott County, Kentucky Prisons in Kentucky 2005 establishments in Kentucky