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*As of June 2013, [[Kentucky]] did not renew its contract with CCA for the Marion Adjustment Center in [[St. Mary, Kentucky|St. Mary]]. This was its last contract for private operations at the time, temporarily ending three decades of contracting with private companies to operate prisons for the state.<ref>Brett Barrouquere (June 25, 2013). [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-25/ky-dot-to-walk-away-from-last-private-prison "Ky. to walk away from last private prison"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706090420/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-25/ky-dot-to-walk-away-from-last-private-prison |date=July 6, 2013}}, ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. Retrieved July 25, 2013.</ref> | *As of June 2013, [[Kentucky]] did not renew its contract with CCA for the Marion Adjustment Center in [[St. Mary, Kentucky|St. Mary]]. This was its last contract for private operations at the time, temporarily ending three decades of contracting with private companies to operate prisons for the state.<ref>Brett Barrouquere (June 25, 2013). [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-25/ky-dot-to-walk-away-from-last-private-prison "Ky. to walk away from last private prison"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706090420/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-25/ky-dot-to-walk-away-from-last-private-prison |date=July 6, 2013}}, ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. Retrieved July 25, 2013.</ref> | ||
*Until 2015, the Lee Adjustment Center, in [[Beattyville]], Lee County, held Vermont prisoners in addition to those from Kentucky. In September 2004 a riot broke out involving Kentucky and Vermont prisoners.<ref>[https://www.laprogressive.com/for-profit-prisons/ "Prison for Fun and Profit"], ''LA Progressive'', Alex Friedmann, October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref> In November 2017, due to facility overcrowding, the [[Kentucky Department of Corrections]] signed a contract allowing CoreCivic to reactivate the vacant prison to house up to 800 male inmates. These inmates would be transferred from the [[Kentucky State Reformatory]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wymt.com/content/news/Lee-County-prison-to-reopen-458026173.html|title=Lee County prison to reopen|website=www.wymt.com}}</ref> The facility reopened and began accepting inmates in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corecivic.com/news/lee-adjustment-center-reactivation-brings-big-opportunity-to-kentucky-town|title=Lee Adjustment Center Reactivation Brings Big Opportunity to Kentucky Town|website=www.corecivic.com}}</ref> | *Until 2015, the Lee Adjustment Center, in [[Beattyville]], Lee County, held Vermont prisoners in addition to those from Kentucky. In September 2004 a riot broke out involving Kentucky and Vermont prisoners.<ref>[https://www.laprogressive.com/for-profit-prisons/ "Prison for Fun and Profit"], ''LA Progressive'', Alex Friedmann, October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref> In November 2017, due to facility overcrowding, the [[Kentucky Department of Corrections]] signed a contract allowing CoreCivic to reactivate the vacant prison to house up to 800 male inmates. These inmates would be transferred from the [[Kentucky State Reformatory]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wymt.com/content/news/Lee-County-prison-to-reopen-458026173.html|title=Lee County prison to reopen|website=www.wymt.com}}</ref> The facility reopened and began accepting inmates in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corecivic.com/news/lee-adjustment-center-reactivation-brings-big-opportunity-to-kentucky-town|title=Lee Adjustment Center Reactivation Brings Big Opportunity to Kentucky Town|website=www.corecivic.com}}</ref> | ||
*The Otter Creek Correctional Center, located in [[Wheelwright, Kentucky|Wheelwright]], [[Floyd County, Kentucky]], suffered a riot in July 2001, involving Kentucky and Indiana male prisoners. It was closed by CCA and converted to a women's prison.<ref>[http://prospect.org/article/bailing-out-private-jails Judith Greene, "Bailing out private jails"], ''[[The American Prospect]]'', December 19, 2001. Retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref> In August 2009, following numerous reports of sexual abuse of female prisoners from Hawaii and Kentucky by staff, including a chaplain, those states removed their prisoners from Otter Creek.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/us/26kentucky.html Ian Urbina, "Hawaii to Remove Inmates Over Abuse Charges], '' | *The Otter Creek Correctional Center, located in [[Wheelwright, Kentucky|Wheelwright]], [[Floyd County, Kentucky]], suffered a riot in July 2001, involving Kentucky and Indiana male prisoners. It was closed by CCA and converted to a women's prison.<ref>[http://prospect.org/article/bailing-out-private-jails Judith Greene, "Bailing out private jails"], ''[[The American Prospect]]'', December 19, 2001. Retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref> In August 2009, following numerous reports of sexual abuse of female prisoners from Hawaii and Kentucky by staff, including a chaplain, those states removed their prisoners from Otter Creek.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/us/26kentucky.html Ian Urbina, "Hawaii to Remove Inmates Over Abuse Charges], ''The New York Times'', August 25, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref> CCA closed the facility in 2013. The prison was leased to the Kentucky Department of Corrections and reopened under state management as the [[Southeast State Correctional Complex]] in September 2020.<ref>[https://corrections.ky.gov/Facilities/AI/SSCC/Pages/default.aspx Southeast State Correctional Complex]</ref> | ||
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