Green River Correctional Complex

State prison located in Central City, Kentucky

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Green River Correctional Complex

Location	1200 River Road Central City, Kentucky
Status	open
Security class	minimum/medium
Capacity	982
Opened	1994
Managed by	Kentucky Department of Corrections

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 is a medium 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.

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.

Staff

Timothy Lane is the current Warden.^[1] The facility has two Deputy Wardens, Patrick Kessinger and Stacey Gibson.^[2]^[3]

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