Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women


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

Sexual misconduct

There have been several reports and convictions of correctional officers in the prison sexually abusing and assaulting inmates, including James Johnson and Demar Jones. The institute has more male employees than females.
Female correctional officers have also reports harassment by male coworkers. Corrections employees make up about 15% of all Kentucky state employees, but they make nearly 50% of all state sexual harassment complaints.

Notable Inmates

• Amy Bosley- sentenced to 20 years in prison in Kentucky for the murder of her husband on May 17, 2005.
• Virginia Caudill- Caudill was convicted of the 1998 death of a 73-year-old female and Sentenced to death.
• Shayna Hubers- Convicted Of killing her boyfriend.