Adult Correctional Institutions is comprised of 13 state correctional facilities and one contracted correctional facility for adult felon offenders. Seven additional programmatic areas serve all institutions and their incarcerated populations: the Division of Operations, the Division of Mental Health, Education programs, Inmate Medical Services, the Division of Adult Institutions and the Division of Correctional Industries.

The Division of Operations, pursuant to KRS 197.505, 197.065, 196.240, and 197.110, supervises and directs the following activities: coordination of academic and technical programs, coordination of dietary and health programs for state owned facilities, and coordination of security threat group information.

The Division of Mental Health is responsible for providing mental health treatment services to Kentucky's incarcerated, paroled, and probated populations. The Division is comprised of three units: sex offender treatment programs, the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Unit, and psychiatric and psychological out-patient services.

Inmate Medical Services, pursuant to KRS 197.020, provides necessary health services to inmates committed to the Department. Services are performed at each institutional location through institutional medical staff, personal service contracts, and outside referrals to local specialists and hospitals. The provision of medical services is monitored, authorized, and reviewed by a system-wide Medical Director. Beneficiaries of the Division of Inmate Medical Services also include the state inmates housed in local jails who are able to participate in the healthcare network administered through the Division. County jail inmates are now beneficiaries of the healthcare network in accordance with KRS 441.560.

Kentucky Correctional Industries (KCI), as authorized by KRS 197.200, produces goods and services employing inmate labor. Kentucky Correctional Industries operates thirteen industries at seven plants in the Department's state-operated institutions. Plants produce products and provide services such as office furniture, license tags, janitorial products, printing, mattresses, ergonomic chairs, signage, furniture refurbishing, coupon sorting, Braille printing services, and mail services are also offered by KCI.

Also administered by the Division of Correctional Industries is the Institutional Farm program. Farm programs are currently operated at Blackburn Correctional Complex, Northpoint Training Center, Roederer Correctional Complex, and Western Kentucky Correctional Complex. Current farm operations consist of cattle (including commercial cattle and a prime Registered Angus herd), grain, hay, orchards, and vegetables. The farm program also has a working agreement with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, and operates a refuge for retired thoroughbred horses at the Blackburn Correctional Complex.

Kentucky State Reformatory (KSR) is a medium security institution with current operational capacity of 363 inmates located near LaGrange in Oldham County. The inmate population is divided into four segments: general population, special management unit, nursing care facility, and mental health unit. Since 1980, KSR has converted designated living areas into single cell facilities and opened a new 150-bed mental health unit during 1998. In 1995 KSR opened the Nursing Care Facility which houses inmates in need of medical care due to their medical condition.

Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP) is a maximum security institution with an operational capacity of 914 inmates, located near Eddyville in Lyon County. The inmate population is separated into three major groups: general population, protective custody, and disciplinary/administrative segregation. KSP also houses the state's capital punishment unit.

Blackburn Correctional Complex (BCC) is a minimum security institution with an operational capacity of 320 inmates located near Lexington in Fayette County. The institution programmatically directs inmates to halfway houses or returns the inmate to the community by parole, based upon the individual's demonstrated conduct, program performance, and need.

Bell County Forestry Camp (BCFC) is a minimum security institution with an operational capacity of 300 inmates located near Pineville in Bell County. The institution provides manpower to the Division of Forestry for fire suppression in Bell and seven surrounding counties during fire season along with road, highway garage, and community service details.

Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women (KCIW), the only state institutional facility for women in the Commonwealth, is located in PeeWee Valley in Shelby County, and has an operational capacity of 715 inmates. All levels of security and all levels of medical services must be provided since virtually all female prisoners are housed at KCIW.

Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) is a medium security institution with an operational capacity of 1,914 inmates located near West Liberty in Morgan County. The facility is the second largest correctional institution in the state, providing inmates with employment opportunities, academic resources, and vocational programs.

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