Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women

Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women
Location 3000 Ash Avenue
Pewee Valley, Kentucky
Status open
Security class mixed
Capacity 721
Opened 1938
Managed by Kentucky Department of Corrections

Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women (KCIW) is a prison located in unincorporated Shelby County, Kentucky, near Pewee Valley, Kentucky, operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.[1]

Until the 2010 conversion of the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex into a women's prison, KCIW was the only state owned and operated women's prison in Kentucky. The prison continues to house all levels of inmates including all female death row inmates. It opened in 1938 and had a prison population of 721 as of 2007.

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Coordinates: 38°17′09″N 85°27′26″W / 38.28583°N 85.45722°W / 38.28583; -85.45722

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