Location: Greenup, Kentucky

Due to the pressure caused by the implementation of the Kentucky Jail Standards and because of the size and condition of their previous jail, Greenup County officials decided to construct a larger, compliant detention facility. The proposed facility would not only meet the County's needs for the next thirty years, but allow the County to house non-county inmates for a fee to help pay for the facility prior to being filled by their own inmates.

The 85-bed, full service facility is on one level and holds both male and female adult offenders.   Like Carroll County, it is connected to a new courthouse complex.   A single corridor allows for easy access to both facilities and lessens the possibility of escape and other problems during transportation out of the jail.